<strong>CHAPTER SEVEN The Victorian Age</strong>
(1832-1901) 418 / A The Social Background of Victorian Literature / 421 FIE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF VICTORIAN LITERATURE Q. 67. Write a note on the social background of the literature of the Victorian era. (Agra 1958) Introduction :- That the literature of a particular era is intimately and even organically connected with its social background […]
<strong> CHAPTER SIX</strong>
The Romantic Age (1798-1832) the Romantic Movement / 341 THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT AS A REVOLT v Q. 54. To what extent was the Romantic Movement in English poetry a revolt aganist tradition and social authority ? (Himachal 1991, Punjab 1963) Or Q. How was the Romantic Movement in English poetry a revolt against tradition and […]
<strong>CHAPTER FIVE</strong>
The Eighteenth Century An Age of Prose and Reason /247 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-AN AGE OF PROSE yHis AND REASON Q. 39. Write an essay on the eighteenth century as an Age of Prose and Reason. (Rohilkhand 1984) Or Q. In what sense was the eighteenth century pre-eminently an age of prose and reaons? (Puravanchal 1992) […]
<strong>CHAPTER FOUR</strong>
The Seventeenth Century after the Restoration (1660-1700) if ,. V IF &*, The Restoration Comedy of Manners / 201 (S-. THE RESTORATION COMEDY OF MANNERS \J Q. 32. Write a short essay on any one of the following: , (a) The Comedy of Manners (and four other topics). Cf- . (Gorakhpur 1985) Or Q. Write […]
CHAPTER THREE
The Seventeenth Century up to the Restoration (1601-1660) Jacobean Drama /129 JACOBEAN DRAMA Q.20. Discuss the element of decadence in Jacobean drama. (Agra 1964) Or Q. Write a note on Jacobean drama. (Rohilkhand 1979) – r : (Himanchal 1989) Q. Write a short essay on any one of the following:- (b) Jacobean Drama (and five […]
<strong>CHAPTER TWO</strong>
The Sixteenth Century THE INFLUENCE OF THE RENAISSANCE ON ENGLISH LITERATURE Q.8. Trace the impact of the Renaissance on Elizabethan literature. (Rohilkhand 1988) Or Q. Discuss the impact of the Renaissance on the literature of the Elizabethan era. (Puravanchal 1992) Or Q. Bring out the influence of the Renaissance on English literature. (Garhwal 1991, Gorakhpur […]
<strong> CHAPTER ONE</strong>
Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century THE AGE OF CHAUCER Write a brief essay on one of the following :- (a) The age of Chaucer. (and four more topics) (Agra 1988) Or ”Chaucer’s world was medieval, yet it was also the world of the coming Renaissance shaken and stimulated by new ideas’. Discuss. (Rohilkhand 1984) Or […]
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE (Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century). 1 2. The Age of Chaucer 3 3. Chaucer as a Representative and Chronicler of his Age 9 3. Chaucer as a Realist ,• > .\. . • 16 4. Chaucer and the Common People 22 5. Chaucer’s Contribution to English Language and Literature 27 6. Fifteenth-Century English […]
A History of English Literature by T Seng
Contents Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century The sixteenth Century The 17th Century up to Restoration The 17th century after the restoration The Eighteenth Century The Romantic Age The Victorian Age The Twentieth Century Important Literary Works after 1700 Important Literary works from 1701 to the present day
CpartHI
An Introduction, A Complete View of * The Anglo-Saxon Period > The Anglo-Norman Period * The Renaissance Period > The Age of Pope * The Romantic Age > The Victorian Age > The Modern Age > The Contemporary (Today) Period Introduction English Literature is one of richest literatures of the world. Being the literature of […]