1. The play ‘Cromwell’ was written by Victor Hugo in 1827.
2. Father of English Journalism- Daniel Defoe.
3. ‘The True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal’ (1706) is a short story by Daniel Defoe.
4. ‘The Trumpet Major’ is a novel by Thomas Hardy.
5. The poetic collection by Thomas Hardy entitled –‘Times of Laughing Stocks’.
6.Florence Emily wrote Thomas Hardy’s biography. She was his secretary and later Hardy married her
after the death of his first wife.
7.Short story collection of George Eliotentitled-‘Scenes of Clerical Life’.
8. Maggi Tulliver is a character in George Eliot’s ‘Mill on the Floss’.
9. Roman Rolland won Nobel Prize for literature in 1915.
10. The real name of Lewis Carol- Charles Letwidge Dodgeson.
11.. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was published in 1865.
12. ‘Fantastia of the Unconscious’ is a critical work by D.H.Lawrence.
13. ‘Hide, Absalom, thy glite tresses clear’- in the prologue to ‘The Legend of Good Women’.
14. ‘The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman’ begins with a vision which the poet had on
the Malvern Hills of a ‘field full of folk’.
15. Shakespearean sonnet-rhyme scheme-ababcdcdefefgg.
16. Spenserian sonnet-rhyme scheme-abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.
17. Matthew Arnold’s ‘Thyrsis’ –wrote in the memory of his friend, the poet-A.H.Clough.
18. ‘The Village Blacksmith’ is a poem by Longfellow.
19. ‘The Castle’ is the unfinished novel by Franz Kafka which has been called ‘a modern ‘pilgrim’s
progress’.
20. Keats dedicated his ‘Endymion’ to Thomas Chatterton.
21. James Joyce ‘Ulysses’- Leopold Bloom- Ulysses, Marion Tweedy Bloom-(Molly)- Penelope, Stephen
Dedalus- Telemachus.
22. In the novel ‘Typee’ by Herman Melville, the central character’s name is also Herman Melville.
23. “Almost the last of his race and undoubtedly the best”- Dr.Johnson’s comment on Abraham Cowley.
24. The first English prose comedy ‘Supposes’ (1566) by Gascoigne.
25. ‘Jerusalem Delivered’ (1574) by the Italian poet Tasso
26. “The little has been made great, the great little”- Hazlitt’s remark on the mock epic.
27. Bishop Percy’s ‘Reliques of Ancient English Poetry’ published in 1765.
28. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Waggoner’ by William Maginns.
29. The Terza Rima is a tercet (a stanza of three lines). Rhyme scheme-aba/bcb/cdc/ded.
30. The Chaucerian stanza or Rhyme Royal-stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.
, 31. The Ottava Rima like Terza Rima is an Italian Stanza form and was introduced into England by Sir
Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century. Rhyme scheme-abababcc.
32. In the words of Victor Hugo, Romanticism is “liberalism in literature”.
33.The term ‘Georgian’ was coined by Edward Marsh between 1912 and 1922 edited five anthologies of
contemporary verse entitled ‘Georgian Poetry.
34.The Old Vicarage’ is a poem by Rupert Brooke.
35.. “Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail or the knock the breast”- Milton.
36. ‘The Theatre’ was set up in Shoreditch, north of the city in 1576.
37. The story of Shakespeare’s play ‘Cymbeline’ is taken from Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’.
38. John Heywood’s ‘The Four P’S- subtitle- “a very merry interlude of a Palmer, a Pardoner, a Pothecary
and a pedlar”.
39. “He told her more of her faults than most of her chaplains, and cured her melancholy better than all of
her physicians”- about Tarleton-Queen Elizabeth’s clown.
40. Wilson Knight remarks in his ‘Studies of Shakespeare’- “the hero of Shakespeare’s great classical
trilogy is Rome”.
41.“Hamlet and Julius Caesar are both tragedies of
thought rather than of passion”- Dowden.
42. The play ‘The Adding Machine Show’ is by
Elmer Rice.
43. ‘Saved’ (1965) is a play by Edward Bond.
44. Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘Citizen of the World’ is a
delightful series of letters on English life by an
imaginary Chinese visitor –was contributed to a
daily newspaper ‘The Public Ledger’ (1760-1763).
45. F.Marion Crawford, a popular American
novelist, once described the novel as a ‘pocket
theatre’.
46. ‘The portrait of a Lady’ is by Henry James.
47. ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is a long short story by
Henry James.
49. ‘Anna of the Five Towns’ is a novel by Arnold
Bennett.
50. ‘The Old Wives Tale’ (1908) is a novel by
Arnold Bennett.
2. Father of English Journalism- Daniel Defoe.
3. ‘The True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal’ (1706) is a short story by Daniel Defoe.
4. ‘The Trumpet Major’ is a novel by Thomas Hardy.
5. The poetic collection by Thomas Hardy entitled –‘Times of Laughing Stocks’.
6.Florence Emily wrote Thomas Hardy’s biography. She was his secretary and later Hardy married her
after the death of his first wife.
7.Short story collection of George Eliotentitled-‘Scenes of Clerical Life’.
8. Maggi Tulliver is a character in George Eliot’s ‘Mill on the Floss’.
9. Roman Rolland won Nobel Prize for literature in 1915.
10. The real name of Lewis Carol- Charles Letwidge Dodgeson.
11.. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was published in 1865.
12. ‘Fantastia of the Unconscious’ is a critical work by D.H.Lawrence.
13. ‘Hide, Absalom, thy glite tresses clear’- in the prologue to ‘The Legend of Good Women’.
14. ‘The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman’ begins with a vision which the poet had on
the Malvern Hills of a ‘field full of folk’.
15. Shakespearean sonnet-rhyme scheme-ababcdcdefefgg.
16. Spenserian sonnet-rhyme scheme-abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.
17. Matthew Arnold’s ‘Thyrsis’ –wrote in the memory of his friend, the poet-A.H.Clough.
18. ‘The Village Blacksmith’ is a poem by Longfellow.
19. ‘The Castle’ is the unfinished novel by Franz Kafka which has been called ‘a modern ‘pilgrim’s
progress’.
20. Keats dedicated his ‘Endymion’ to Thomas Chatterton.
21. James Joyce ‘Ulysses’- Leopold Bloom- Ulysses, Marion Tweedy Bloom-(Molly)- Penelope, Stephen
Dedalus- Telemachus.
22. In the novel ‘Typee’ by Herman Melville, the central character’s name is also Herman Melville.
23. “Almost the last of his race and undoubtedly the best”- Dr.Johnson’s comment on Abraham Cowley.
24. The first English prose comedy ‘Supposes’ (1566) by Gascoigne.
25. ‘Jerusalem Delivered’ (1574) by the Italian poet Tasso
26. “The little has been made great, the great little”- Hazlitt’s remark on the mock epic.
27. Bishop Percy’s ‘Reliques of Ancient English Poetry’ published in 1765.
28. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Waggoner’ by William Maginns.
29. The Terza Rima is a tercet (a stanza of three lines). Rhyme scheme-aba/bcb/cdc/ded.
30. The Chaucerian stanza or Rhyme Royal-stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.
, 31. The Ottava Rima like Terza Rima is an Italian Stanza form and was introduced into England by Sir
Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century. Rhyme scheme-abababcc.
32. In the words of Victor Hugo, Romanticism is “liberalism in literature”.
33.The term ‘Georgian’ was coined by Edward Marsh between 1912 and 1922 edited five anthologies of
contemporary verse entitled ‘Georgian Poetry.
34.The Old Vicarage’ is a poem by Rupert Brooke.
35.. “Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail or the knock the breast”- Milton.
36. ‘The Theatre’ was set up in Shoreditch, north of the city in 1576.
37. The story of Shakespeare’s play ‘Cymbeline’ is taken from Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’.
38. John Heywood’s ‘The Four P’S- subtitle- “a very merry interlude of a Palmer, a Pardoner, a Pothecary
and a pedlar”.
39. “He told her more of her faults than most of her chaplains, and cured her melancholy better than all of
her physicians”- about Tarleton-Queen Elizabeth’s clown.
40. Wilson Knight remarks in his ‘Studies of Shakespeare’- “the hero of Shakespeare’s great classical
trilogy is Rome”.
41.“Hamlet and Julius Caesar are both tragedies of
thought rather than of passion”- Dowden.
42. The play ‘The Adding Machine Show’ is by
Elmer Rice.
43. ‘Saved’ (1965) is a play by Edward Bond.
44. Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘Citizen of the World’ is a
delightful series of letters on English life by an
imaginary Chinese visitor –was contributed to a
daily newspaper ‘The Public Ledger’ (1760-1763).
45. F.Marion Crawford, a popular American
novelist, once described the novel as a ‘pocket
theatre’.
46. ‘The portrait of a Lady’ is by Henry James.
47. ‘The Turn of the Screw’ is a long short story by
Henry James.
49. ‘Anna of the Five Towns’ is a novel by Arnold
Bennett.
50. ‘The Old Wives Tale’ (1908) is a novel by
Arnold Bennett.
