Short Questions From The age of Pope (1700-50)


The age of Pope (1700-50)

Historical Events  &  Literary Events

1700 BEGIN OF London Club
1702 First daily newspaper
1727 Death of Newton
1775 War of American independence begins.
1776 America declared independent.
1789 Outbreak of French Revolution.
1726 Gulliver’s Travells by Jonathan Swift.
1749 Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
1766 The Vicar of wakefield by Goldsmith
1719 Rabinson crusoe by Defoe.
1728 Beggar’s opera by Gay.
1712 The Rape of The Lock by Pope.
1740 Pamela by Richardson.

English Rulers

1702-1714 Anne
1714-27 George
I1727-1760 George II

Authors

1667-1745 Jonathan Swift
1668-1744 Alexander Pope
1689-1761 Samuel Richardson
1707-1754 Henry Fielding
1728-1774 Oliver Goldsmith
1672-1719 Joseph Addison
1716-1771 Thomas Gray
1721-59 Collins
1700-48 Thomson
1731-1800 Cowper
1709-84 Dr. Johnson
  •     Name two important periodicals of the 18th century? Whose names are related with them?
Ans. The Rambler (1750) and The spectator are the two important periodicals.
    Samuel Johnson is related with the former while Addison is related with the later.
  •     Who is the author of Lives of Poets? Name another work by the same author.
Ans. Samuel Johnson is the author of Lives of Poets. The Vanity of Human Wishes is the poem written by the same author, Johnson.
  •     Name some periodicals of the 18th century?

ALEXANDER POPE
Ans. The Spectator and The Tatler were two important periodicals. The Spectator began in 1711. In 1709, Steele published The Tatler. Both Steele and Addison contributed essays to these periodicals.

    Other famous periodicals are Defoe’s Review, Johnson’s Rambler and Goldsmith’s The Citizen of the World.
  •     Name two plays of George Farquhar and two plays of Sir John Vanbrugh?
Ans. The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux Strategem (1707) are two exquisite comedies by   George Farquhar.

Sir John Vanbrugh wrote The Relapre in the year 1696 and The provoked wife in 1697.
  •     Name two adventure stories of 18th century?
Ans. Two renowned adventure stories are Robinson Crusoe (1719) of Daniel Dofoe and                      Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift.

    These are no ordinary adventure stories. Robinson Crusoe is not an ordinary adventure to a       magical island, here is also a note of symbolism and realism and Gulliver’s travel is an allegorical       satire on bitterness of fate and human society.
  •     Name the first full-fledged novel? Who wrote it and what was the date of its composition?    Mention two other novels of the same writer?
Ans. Pamela is the first full-length novel in English written by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761). Pamela, an epistolary novel centred on a pleasant girl appears in 1740. The same author also wrote  Clarissa Harlowe (1747-48) and Sir Charles Grandison (1753-54).
  •     What is the greatest novel of the 18th century? Who wrote it and in which year? What are his     other novels?
Ans. Among the 18th century great publications, Tom Jones is greatest for its greater symmetry of plot, clearer ad steadier vision into human life and human fallacy and a broader and more thickly peopled   stage. It was written by Fielding in 1749.

    Fielding’s other novels are Joseph Andrews and Jonathan Wild the great.
  •     Name two sentimental comedies of 18th century?
Ans. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) – The Funeral, The Lying Lover, The Tender Husband.
  •     Why is the Age of Pope referred to as the Augustan Period?
Ans. The 18th century England is called Neo-Classical or Augustan Age because the leading writers of this period followed the literary principles and models of the great Roman and Greek author of the Age of Emperor Augustus.
  •     How many essays did Addison contribute to The Spectator?
Ans. In The Tatler, a periodical started on April 12, 1709, consists of 42 essays of Addison and 188      essays by Steele.

    The Spectator, started on March 1711, consists of 274 essays of Addison and 236 essays of    Steele.

    Ardhendu De  

Comments

  1. nice.you are doing a good job. second question-lives of poet not loves of poet.

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  2. Thanks priya for your proof reading.

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