<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, […]
A History of English Literature by Robert Huntington Fletcher
An out line of the Variours Periods Chapter I The Britons and the Anglo-Saxon Period Preface Preliminary
<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 […]
<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 […]