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Turn of the Century English Poetry Overview
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Turn of the Century English Poetry Overview

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What is the predominant opinion about Georgian poetry according to the literary critics and historians mentioned in the text?

  • It surpasses the achievements of the great romantic generation
  • It is a watered-down form of Romanticism (correct)
  • It is only worthy of study because it elicited a reaction from the generation of Hume, Bando, and Eliot
  • It lacks depth and focus

    • What is described as true about the period of Georgian poetry?

  • Most of its poets tended towards fertility and resonant rhetoric (correct)
  • The followers of Oscar Wilde leaned towards a decorative aesthetic that was empty at its core
  • It was a great age of poetry
  • It satisfied the demands of the mind and thought

    • What do literary critics and historians consider the Georgian poetry to lack?

  • Comfort from its depths (correct)
  • Tourism value
  • Relevance to modernity
  • Great romantic achievements

    • What is the opinion of literary critics and historians mentioned in the text regarding the achievement of Georgian poetry compared to earlier generations?

    <p>It is no more than feeble echoes of the achievements of the great romantic generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aesthetic tendency is attributed to the followers of Oscar Wilde in the text?

    <p>Leaned towards a decorative aesthetic that was empty at its core</p> Signup and view all the answers

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