17th-18th Century English Literature
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What 17th and 18th-century authors are referred to as 'The fair triumvirate of wit'?

  • Eliza Haywood, Delarivier Manley, and Daniel Defoe
  • Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Jonathan Swift
  • Eliza Haywood, Delarivier Manley, and Aphra Behn (correct)
  • Eliza Haywood, Aphra Behn, and Alexander Pope

    • What is the title of the first novel of Eliza Haywood?

  • A Gothic Story
  • Love in Excess; Or, The Fatal Enquiry (correct)
  • Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave
  • The Castle of Otranto

    • What is the title of the poem written by Thomas Love Peacock?

  • The Four Ages of Poetry
  • Defence of Poetry
  • A Day at the India Office (correct)
  • The Royal Slave

    • Who is regarded as the first successful female playwright?

    <p>Aphra Behn</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the first Gothic novel in English literature?

    <p>The Castle of Otranto</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the critical essay written by Thomas Love Peacock, which was responded to by Shelley's Defence of Poetry?

    <p>The Four Ages of Poetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the biography written by Virginia Woolf about a fictitious character, inspired by her friend and lover Vita Sackville-West?

    <p>Orlando</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following novels is set during the Hundred Years' War?

    <p>The White Company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which year was Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs. Dalloway' published?

    <p>1925</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the psychologist who first used the term 'stream of consciousness'?

    <p>William James</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the science fiction novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912?

    <p>The Lost World</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the protagonist of The Lost World?

    <p>Professor Challenger</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the essay/excerpt from A Room of One's Own, written by Virginia Woolf?

    <p>Shakespeare's Sister</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the poem written by Dylan Thomas in 1951?

    <p>Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the fictional character invented by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own?

    <p>Judith Shakespeare</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the radio drama written by Dylan Thomas in 1954?

    <p>Under Milk Wood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which poet appears as a character in Virginia Woolf's play Freshwater?

    <p>Lord Alfred Tennyson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the first novel of James Joyce?

    <p>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote the satire Macbett in 1972?

    <p>Eugene Ionesco</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the play written by Tom Stoppard in 1993?

    <p>Arcadia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the first person to be awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar?

    <p>George Bernard Shaw</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the one-act play written by Samuel Beckett in 1958?

    <p>Krapp's Last Tape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote the play 'The Glass Menagerie'?

    <p>Tennessee Williams</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year did Harold Pinter win the Nobel Prize?

    <p>2005</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which novel by James Joyce features the character Stephen Dedalus?

    <p>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the only extant play written by James Joyce?

    <p>Exiles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which novel by D.H. Lawrence was subject to censorship?

    <p>Lady Chatterley's Lover</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote a book of literary criticism titled The Great Tradition?

    <p>F.R. Leavis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the first novel by James Joyce?

    <p>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who described D.H. Lawrence as 'the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation'?

    <p>E.M. Forster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    17th and 18th-Century Authors

    • The term "The fair triumvirate of wit" refers to the three 17th and 18th-century authors Eliza Haywood, Delarivier Manley, and Aphra Behn.
    • Eliza Haywood's first novel is Love in Excess; Or, The Fatal Enquiry.
    • Aphra Behn is regarded as the first successful female playwright.

    Aphra Behn's Works

    • Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688) is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn.

    Gothic Novel

    • The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole is the first Gothic novel in English literature.
    • Lord Byron regarded The Castle of Otranto as "the first romance in the language".
    • The subtitle of The Castle of Otranto is A Gothic Story.
    • Important characters in The Castle of Otranto include Manfred, Conrad, Isabella, Hippolita, and Matilda.

    Thomas Love Peacock

    • Nightmare Abbey (1818) is a work by Thomas Love Peacock.
    • Other works by Thomas Love Peacock include Headlong Hall (1816), Melincourt (1817), Crotchet Castle (1831), and Gryll Grange (1860).
    • Peacock, an official of the East India company, wrote a poem titled A Day at the India Office.
    • The popular critical essay by Thomas Love Peacock is The Four Ages of Poetry (1820), which was responded to by Shelley's Defence of Poetry.
    • The Four Ages of Poetry refers to the four ages of poetry.

    Other Authors

    • The satire Macbett (1972) is written by Eugene Ionesco.
    • Sir Tom Stoppard, a Czech-born British playwright, was knighted for his contribution to theater by Queen Elizabeth in 1997.
    • Arcadia (1993) is a play by Tom Stoppard.
    • George Bernardshaw was the first person to be awarded both the Nobel prize for literature and an Oscar.
    • Some popular essays written by Shaw include The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891), Preface to Major Barabara (1905), and A Treatise on Parents and Children (1910).
    • Some popular plays of George Bernardshaw include Widowers' Houses, The Philanderer, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, and Man and Superman.
    • The last play written by Bernardshaw was Why She Would Not: A Little Comedy (1950).
    • Harold Pinter won the Nobel prize in 2005.
    • Some best-known plays of Harold Pinter include Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978).

    Samuel Beckett

    • Krapp's Last Tape (1958) is a one-act play written by Samuel Beckett.

    James Joyce

    • Dubliners (1914) is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce.
    • Some popular works of James Joyce include A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922), and Finnegans Wake (1939).
    • Stephen Dedalus is a character that appears in James Joyce's works A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
    • Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom are characters from Joyce's Ulysses.
    • The only extant play written by James Joyce is Exiles (1918).

    D.H. Lawrence

    • The White Peacock (1911) is the first novel by D.H Lawrence.
    • Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) were the subject of censorship.

    Virginia Woolf

    • Orlando (1928) is a biography written about a fictitious character, Orlando, inspired by Virginia's real-life friend and lover Vita Sackville-West.
    • Flush: A Biography (1933) is an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.
    • Mrs. Dalloway (1925) is a novel by Virginia Woolf.
    • A Room of One's Own (1929) is a book on women's independence and creativity.
    • Shakespeare's sister is an essay/excerpt from A Room of One's Own.
    • Virginia Woolf alludes to the four Marys: Mary Beaton, Mary Seaton, Mary Carmichael, and Mary Hamilton.
    • Woolf invents a fictional character, Shakespeare's sister Judith.
    • Jacob's Room (1922) is the third novel by Virginia Woolf.
    • Freshwater (1935) is the only play written and published by Virginia Woolf.
    • Lord Alfred Tennyson appears as a character in Woolf's Freshwater.
    • I am Christina Rosetti (1950) is an essay by Virginia Woolf.

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    • The Sign of the Four (1890), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and The Valley of Fear (1915) are works of Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • A Scandal in Bohemia (1891) is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • The White Company (1891) is a historical adventure novel by Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War.
    • The Lost World (1912) is a science fiction novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, with Professor Challenger as the protagonist.

    Dylan Thomas

    • Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet.
    • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1951) is a Villanelle written by Dylan Thomas, dedicated to his father.
    • Dylan Thomas' poetry collections include 18 Poems (1934), The Map of Love (1939), and Deaths and Entrances (1946).
    • Under Milk Wood (1954) is a radio drama by Dylan Thomas.
    • Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940) is an autobiographical prose stories collection by Dylan Thomas.

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