At the age of 7, Shakespeare was sent to the local grammar school where he was taught reading, writing, Latin and Greek. He was a schoolmaster in the country and became well acquainted with theatrical performances. At 18 he married a farmer ‘s daughter who was eight years older than him...
The age of Enlightment (启蒙时期的英国文学).ppt,After the tempestous events of the 17th century, England entered a period of a comparatively peaceful development. The Revolution of 1688, which banished the last of the Stuart kings and called William of O
The name given by Dr. Johnson in derision, because of the fantastic for m of Donne’s poetry, is often applied to all minor poets of the Puritan age. Of all these poets, we can consider here only Donne and Herbert, who in different ways are the types of revolt against earlier forms ...
sonnet D. New England dialect In the literature of Modernism, the most prominetn southern writer i s . 收藏 A. William Faulkner B. John Steinbeck C. James Joyce D. Ernest Hemingway 回答错误!正确答案:A Another fact that made Twain unique is his magic power with langu age, his use of ...
A Short History of Modern English Literature || THE AGE OF JOHNSON (1740–1780)doi:10.1017/CBO9781139061544.008Gosse, Edmund
B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities 5. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole...
Oxford Reformers introduced the classical literature to England and strove to reform religion on a humanistic line. 答案:F A picture of desolation and ruin was described in ___. 答案:"Ozymandias" The statements about J. Joyce's Ulysses are true___ 答案:Ulysses...
This literature differs from that of the preceding age in three marked ways: 1. it has no unity of spirit, as in the days of Elizabeth, resulting from the patriotic enthusiasm of all classes. 2. In contrast with the hopefulness and vigor of Elizabethan writings, much of the literature of...
1. ___ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English Literature. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. George Gordon Byron C. Edmund Spender D. Robert Browning 2. Which of the following is William Shakespeare's history play? A. Macbeth B. Henry IV...
Samuel Johnson 9.___ compiled theDictionary of the English Language, which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. B. Samuel Johnson 10.Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18thcentury?B. Richard Sheridan Chapter 3 Exercises Romanticism 1.The Romantic Age began with ...