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History of english literature
1. Prepared by: Khushbu Lakhupota
Batch: MA 2020-22
Paper no.:105(A) History of English Literature
Roll no.: 10
Enrollment no.: 3069 2064 2020 0011
Email ID: khushbu22jan93@gmail.com
To: Department of English, MKBU
Topic: GENERAL OR LITERARY
CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL AGES
2. The Age of Chaucer (1350-1450)
Literary Features of the Age
● The Standardizing of English
● A curious ‘modern’ note begins
● Prose
● Scottish Literature
3. From Chaucer to Spenser (1450-1550)
Literary Features of the Age
● Poverty of Material
● Scottish Poetry
● The Development of the Drama
● The Importance of the Period
4. Characteristics of the Elizabethan Age (1550-1620)
● Religious Toleration
● Social Contentment
● Enthusiasm
● The Drama
5. The Puritan Age (The Age of Milton) (1620-1660)
Literary Features of the Age
● The Reaction
● The Pressure of Historical Events
● Milton
● The Metaphysical Poets
● The Cavalier Poets
● The Expansion of Prose
● The Collapse of the Drama
6. Period of the Restoration (1660-1700)
The Age of French Influence
The Age of Dryden
Literary Characteristics
● French Influence
● New Tendencies
● Realism
● Formalism
● The Couplet
7. Eighteenth Century Literature (1700-1800)
Augustan or Classic Age
The Age of Pope
Literary Characteristics
● An Age of Prose
● Satire
The Predominance of Prose
● Political Writing
● The Clubs and Coffee houses
● Periodical Writing
● The New Publishing Houses
● The New Morality
8. The Age of Transition (1740-1800)
General Characteristics of the Age
● The Double Tendency
● The New Romanticism
● The New Learning
● The New Philosophy
● The Growth of Historical Research
● The New Realism
● The Decline of Political Writing
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10. The Victorian Age (1850-1900)
The Modern Period of Progress and Unrest
Literary Characteristics
● An Age of Prose
● Moral Purpose
● Idealism
● The Revolt
● Intellectual Developments
● The New Education
● International Influences
● The Achievement of the Age
11. The Birth of Modern Literature (1890-1918)
Literary Features of the Age
● The Spread of Education
● Enormous Output of Books
● The Literature of Social Purpose
● The Dominance of the Novel
● The Rebirth of Drama
● Experiments in Literary Form
12. The Inter-War Years (1918-1939)
Literary Features of the Age
● The Breakdown of Established Values
● The Resurgence of Poetry
● Variety of Technical Experiment
● The Influence of Radio and Cinema
● The Speed of Life
13. Characteristics of Twentieth Century Literature
● Modernism
● Post Modernism
● Fragmented Structure
● Fragmented Perspective
● The Novel of the City
● Writing from the Margins
14. “I choose not only the length of every sentence, but
even the sound...After I'd written in I read it aloud-
numbers of times- just as one would play over a musical
composition (...) If a thing has really come off, it seems
to me there mustn't be a single word out of place.” In a
letter 17 Jan, 1921, This quotation demonstrates
exactness of Manfield’s art. Kimber G Article.
15. WORKS CITED
● Albert, Edward. History of English Literature. 2019 ed.,
Oxford University Press, 1979.
● Coodin, David. "Types of Literature in the Age of Reason."
Pen and the Pad, penandthepad.com/types-literature-age-
reason-8195425.html. Accessed 17 Apr. 2017.
● Long, William. English Literature, Its History and Its
Significance. 2018 ed., AITBS PUBLISHERS, INDIA, 2015.
● Maria Kimber, Geraldine. "Katherine Mansfield The View
from France." Apr. 2007,
