Appendix
<Historicof, Sociaf, q^efi^ious ^d cpofiticaf qjadcgrouraf Qf (English literature 1. The Medieval Period The Medieval Period in English history and literature has been divided into two periods-(a) The Anglo-Saxon Period (600-1066) and (b) The Middle English Period or Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1500). (a) The Anglo Saxon Period (600-1066) Before the Roman conquest of Britain (classical name […]
Conclusion
We have now come to the end of the journey. In the first part of the book the general theory of literature has been dealt with giving the reader the basic information about the essential elements- in literature. In the second part of the book the development of English literature from its early beginning from […]
The Contemporary period (1939 to £Joda-£)
The end of the Second World War in 1945 did not make the world a peaceful place. When atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945, people understood that the whole world could end at any moment. There was now a Cold War between communist countries and the West which ended […]
Modern Novelists
The novel of the Victorian period had social themes. The novel of the twentieth century has more personal, individual themes. But at the same time as the novel examines the problems of the individual, it also becomes an examination of the tvhole world. England is no longer the main scene – many writers use the […]
Modern Novel
The is the most important and popular literary medium in the modern times. It is the only literary form which can compete for popularity with the film and the radio, and it is in this form that a great deal of distinguished work is being produced. The publication of a new novel by a great […]
Modern Dramatists
1. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) The greatest among the modern dramatists was George Bernard Shaw. He was born and brought up in Ireland, but at the age of twenty in 1876 he left Ireland for good, and went to London to make his fortune. At first he tried his hand at the novel, but he […]
Modern Drama
After the death of Shakespeare and his contemporaries drama in England suffered a decline for about two centuries. Even Congreve in the seventeenth, and Sheridan and Goldsmith in the eighteenth, could not restore drama to the position it held during the Elizabethan Age. It was revived, however, in the last decade of the nineteenth century, […]
Modern Poets
Robert Bridges (1884-1930) Robert Bridges, though a twentieth century poet, may be considered as the last of the Great Victorians as he carried on the Victorian tradition. He is not a poet of the modern crisis except for his metrical innovations. Belonging to the aristocracy his work is also concerned with the leisured and highly […]
Modern Poetry
Modern poetry, of which T. S. Eliot is the chief representative, has followed entirely a different tradition from the Romantic and Victorian tradition of poetry. Every age has certain ideas about poetry, especially regarding the essentially poetical subjects, the poetical materials and the poetical modes. These preconceptions about poetry during the nineteenth century were mainly […]
Modern Literature (1900-1961)
The Modern Age in English Literature started from the beginning of the twentieth century, and it followed the Victorian Age. The most important characteristic of Modern Literature is that it is opposed to the general attitude to life and its problems adopted by the Victorian writers and the public, which may be termed ’Victorian’. The […]