Contents

References are 10 sections, unless otherwise stated. 1 Articles and one, a little/ a few, this, that  page 15 a/an (the indefinite ankle) 1 Use of a/an 2 Omission of a/an 3 a/an and one 4 a little/a few and little/few 5 the (the definite article) 6 Omission of the 7 Omission of the before […]

A Practical English Grammar by A J Thomson

Contents Articles and one a little a few this that Nouns Adjectives Adverbs all each every both neither either some any no none Interrogatives Possessives personal and reflexive pronouns Relative pronouns and clauses Prepositions Introduction to verbs be have do may and can for permission and possibility can and be able for ability ought, Must, […]

PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE

TWO ASPECTS OF LITERARY STUDY. Such a study of Literature as that for which the present book is designed includes two purposes, contributing to a common end. In the first place (1), the student must gain some general knowledge of the conditions out of which English literature has come into being, as a whole and […]

<strong>CHAPTER I</strong>

PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS. TO A. D. 1066. FOREWORD. The two earliest of the nine main divisions of English Literature are by far the longest–taken together are longer than all the others combined–but we shall pass rather rapidly over them. This is partly because the amount of thoroughly great literature which they […]

An out line of the Variours Periods

I. The Britons and the Anglo-Saxon Period, from the       beginning to the Norman Conquest in 1066 A. D.    A. The Britons, before and during the Roman occupation,       to the fifth century.    B. Anglo-Saxon Poetry, on the Continent in prehistoric       times before the migration to England, and in England       especially during the Northumbrian Period, […]

<strong>CHAPTER TEN</strong>

Important Literary Works (1701 to the Present Day) The Dunciad” / 603 ”EPISTLE TO ARBUTHNOr, THE DUNCIAD”, AND ”ROBINSON CRUSOE” Q. 96. Show your acquaintance with the following :• ({) Epistle 10 Arbuthnoi (Agra 1966) (ii) The Dunciad (Gorakhpnr 1982,1985) (Punjab Sept 1956) (iii) Robinson Crusoe (Punjab 1961) EPISTLE TO ARBUTHNOT Introduction Epistle to Arbuthnot […]

<strong>CHAPTER NINE</strong>

Important Literary Works (up to 1700) f-*4 -V. -•v,-^*  .f*> -”•*•;’- f *» *j /<•>     ^ [/ -*flt ”Utopia,” ”Euphues”, and ”Arcadia” / 551 ”UTOPIA,” ”EUPHUES”, AND ”ARCADIA” Q.87. Show your acquaintance with the following: (i) Utopia (Agra 1952) (Agra 1962) (Gorakhpur 198S) (GorakhtMB i«9) (\\)Euplnies (Punjab SepL 1956)  (Punjab 1958) (Agra 1964) (Gorakhpur 1985) […]

<strong>CHAPTER EIGHT</strong>

The Twentieth Century The Major Trends in 20th Century Poetry/ 511 THE MAJOR TRENDS : IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY Q.81. W rite a short essay on any one of the following :- (e) Trends in Modern Poetry (Rohilkhand 1987) Or Q.       Bring out the main tendencies of Modern English Poetry (Rohilkhand 1990) Or Q>         Write an […]