1. To which centuries do Robert Greene and Graham Greene belong?

Ans. Robert Greene belongs to the second half of the sixteenth century (1558-1592).
And Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) belongs to the earlier twentieth century.

2. Can you name the authors of Hudibras and Erewhon?

Ans. Hudibras was written by Samuel Bulter (1612-80) and Erewhon was written by another Samuel Butlar (1835-1902).

3. Name two greatest elegies in English along with the names of the poet?

Ans. Lycidas and In Memoriam are two greatest elegies in English literature. The former was written by John Milton and the later by Alfred Tennyson.

4. Who are the author of Pamela and Pride and Prejudice? Which of these two is epistolary novel?

Ans. Pamela, a novel published under the authorship of Richards and Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen.
Pamela is the epistolary novel.

5. Why are years 1611 and 1832 important?

Ans. The year 1611 is important for the publication of first authorized Bible in the reign of James I and 1832 is important for the passing of Reformation Act heralding extension of democratic rights in England.

6. Can you name the authors of Annus Mirabilis and Frankenstein?

Ans. Dryden wrote Annus Mirabilis (1667) Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein, a terror novel.

7. To which centuries did Dryden and Pope belong?

Ans. Dryden (1631-1700) belonged to the later part of seventeenth century and pope (1688-1744) belonged to the first half of the eighteenth century.

8. Why are the years 1611 and 1798 important?

Ans. The year 1611 is important for the official publication of the Authorized Version of the Bible in the reign of James I (under the supervision of James I).

The year 1798 is notable for the publication of the Lyrical Ballads, the celebration work of the two great romantic poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.

9. Can you name the author of Sonnets from the Portuguese and Modern painters?

Ans. The author of Sonnets from the Portuguese is Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the wife of Robert Browning, and John Ruskin is the author of Modern painters.

10. What is called dark comedy? Which plays of Shakespeare are known as dark comedy?

Ans. Dark comedy is called so as they are preoccupied with darker side of human experience. They contain much discussion of serious moral and intellectual problems.

All well that Ends well, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure etc. are known as dark comedies by Shakespeare.

11. Name the authors of An Essay on Criticism and Essays in Criticism. What are the types of these writings?

Ans. An Essay on criticism (1711).is written in heroic couplet by Alexander Pope. It is a long philosophical treatise in verse.
Essay in criticism (1865 & 1889) is a long critical essay on criticism by Matthew Arnold.


13. Confusing works


Works Authors

Essay on Man - a poem by Pope
Essay on Milton - a prose by Macaulay
Essay on Criticism - a poem by Pope
Essay In Criticism - a prose by Mathew Arnold

Essays of Elia - Charles Lamb
Essays of Ancient & Modern - T. S. Eliot

The Rape of the Lock - epic poem by Pope
The Rape of the Lucrecee - a long poem by Shakespeare

The way of the World - A comedy by William Congrave
The Way of All Flesh - a novel by Samuel Butler.

The Prelude - A poem by William Wordsworth
Preludes - A poem by T. S. Eliot

Elizabethan Essays - Prose by T. S. Eliot
Elizabeth and Essex - prose by Lytton Stretchey

Everyman - One of the best known morality plays.
Everyman in His Humour - Satirical comedy by Ben Jonson.

The Book of The Duchesse - A poem by Chaucer
The Book of Martyrs - a story by John Foxe

The Pilgrim’s Progress - by John Bunyan
The Pilgrim’s of the Rhine - by Bulwer Lytton

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent – a novel by Sterne
Tristram & Iscult - Matthew Arnold

Lyrical Ballads - Collection poems by Coleridge & Wordsworth
Prefare to Lyrical Bullads - A prose by Wordsworth.

All for love - A blank verse tragedy by Dryden
Love labour lost - A drama by Shakespeare

A portrait of The Artist as a Young man- A novel by Joyce
Portrait of dare - a novel by Francis Bret James
A portrait of A lady - a novel by Henry James

The Duchess of Dadna - a drama by Oscar Wilde
The Duchess of Malfi - tragedy John Webster

A Tale of Two cities - a novel by Dickens
A Tale of Manchester Life - a novel by Mrs. E. Gaskell

The Anatomy of Melancholy - a critique by Robert Burton
The Anatomy of the world - a poem on prince Henry written by
Donne
The Battle of Books - a satire by swift
The Battle of Maldon - Anclo Saxon war poem.

A women killed with kindress - a drama by Heywood
The woman in the Moon - a play by Lily

Ode on The Nativity - a poem by Milton
Ode on Duty - a poem by Wordsworth

14. What is an epic? Name one Indian and one Western epic.

Ans. The greatest and sublime form of poetry is epic. It is a long poem, divided into several books, celebrating the life, heroic deeds and achievements of a national hero whether historical or legendary.
Ramayana by Rwishi Balmiki & Iliad & Odyssey by Homer.

15. Name two important elegies and their authors.
Elegy Written on a country Churchyard T. Gray
Lycidas - Milton elegy on Edward King
Adonais - Shelley elegy on John Keats
In Memoriam - Tennyson elegy on Arther Henry Hallam
Thyrsis - Arnold elegy on Arthur Hugh Clough

16. Name two attempts of writing English epics after ‘Paradise Lost’.

Ans. The Rape of the Lock - Alexander Pope
Tom Jones - Fielding
(The first one is mock heroic poem while the next one is a novel, a comic epic)

17. Who introduced ‘Pindaric Ode’ in English and why is it so called?

Ans. This form of poetry is usually attributed to Cowley, whose Pinderique Odes were published in 1656.

The Pindaric Odes are written on the model of the odes written by Pindar, the great Greek poet. They are choric in character and designed to be sung by a troupe of dancer in churches or Public halls.

18. Who is the first female sovereign of England?

Ans. Mary (1553-8)
Elizabeth (1558-1603)
Anne (1702-14)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Elizabeth II (1952-

19. Name any famous prose Satire.

Ans. Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (a satire on mankind).
Jonson’s Volpone (a satire on cleverness and covetousness).

20. Name any Poet Laureate of England?

Ans. List of Poet Laureate of England :

John Dryden 1668-1689
Thomas Shadwell 1689-1692
Nahum Tate 1692-1715
Nicholas Rowe 1715-1718
Laurence Eusden 1718-1730
Colley Cibber 1730-1757
William Whitehead 1757-1785
Thomas Warton 1785-1790
Henry James Pye 1790-1813
Robert Southey 1813-1843
William Wordsworth 1843-1850
Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1850-1892
Alfred Austin 1896-1913
Robert Bridges 1913-1930
John Masefield 1930-1967
C. Day Lewis 1968-1972
Sir John Betjeman 1972-1984
Ted Hughes 1984-1998
Andrew Motion 1999- 2009
Carol Ann Duffy 2009- until now.