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?
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.
- Name some periodicals of the 18th century?
ALEXANDER POPE |
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?
Sir John Vanbrugh wrote The Relapre in the year 1696 and The provoked wife in 1697.
- Name two adventure stories of 18th century?
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?
- What is the greatest novel of the 18th century? Who wrote it and in which year? What are his other novels?
Fielding’s other novels are Joseph Andrews and Jonathan Wild the great.
- Name two sentimental comedies of 18th century?
- Why is the Age of Pope referred to as the Augustan Period?
- How many essays did Addison contribute to The Spectator?
The Spectator, started on March 1711, consists of 274 essays of Addison and 236 essays of Steele.
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