Late Victorian Age

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Who wrote a famopus group of plays called "Social Problems Plays"?: George Bernard Shaw
Who was considered the greatest playwright since Shakespeare?: George Bernard Shaw
Who wrote "Mrs. Warren's Profession"?: George Bernard Shaw
What is "Mrs. Warren's Profession" about?: Prostitution
Who wrote "Pygmalion"?: George Bernard Shaw
What is "Pygmalion" about and what will it later turn into? Who wrote it?: - about class system and poverty
- turned into "My Fair Lady"
-George Bernard Shaw
Who wrote a book poetry called "Shropshire Lad"?: AE Housman
What is the name of the famous poem from the book "Shropshire Lad"?: To an athlete dying young
What are the themes from "To An Athlete Dying Young"?: - wrote about decaying love.
- breaking apart of friendships.
- sudden coming of death.
When was the "Shropshire Lad" written?: 1896
When does the modern era start (event and year)?: WWI in 1914
What did WWI teach us (2 things)?: - The world is not safe.
- the horror of trench warfare.
How many people were killed in first day of the Battle of Somme?: 60,000
How many total people were killed in the Battle of Ypres?: 300,000
What happened to the first wave?: almost all of them were killed.
How long did it take for almost all the male population to be wiped out?: 4.5 yrs
Who was born into the highest level of English society?: Siegfried Sassoon
Whose poetry started very positive?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who enlisted as a patriot and idealist?: Siegfried Sassoon
Whos poetry affected Winston Churchill?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who tried to become a martyr of the war cause?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who was shellshocked as a result of the war?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who wanted to be a court-marshalled after resigning (from the war?)?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who was friends with Wilfred Owen?: Siegfried Sassoon
Who was the better of the trench poets?: Wilfred Owen
Who was master of the half-rhyme?: Wilfred Owen
What term describes the word in the middle of the line that rhymes with the last word of the line?: half-rhyme
Who wanted to follow in John Keats footsteps?: Wilfred Owen
Who joined the British Army but was not drafted?: Wilfred Owen
Who was killedone week before the war ended?: Wilfred Owen
Who only published 4 poems?: Wilfred Owen
Who was the most influential English Poet over a span of three decades?: T.S. Eliot
Who was born in St. Louis, Missouri?: T.S. Eliot
What happened in 1927 to T.S. Eliot?: -he became a British citizen.
-joined the Church of England.
When did TS Eliot when the Nobel Prize for Lit?: 1948
Whos voice expressed dislocation and despair in the 20th cent?: T.S. Eliot
What is a short things taht introduce longer works?: prelude
Who was seen by people as a 20th cent metaphysical poet?: T.S. Eliot
Who was the pioneer of the Celtic Revival?: William Butler Yeats
What happened to William Butler Yeats in 1914?: -he turns his life around
- writes book, "Responsibilities"
When does William Butler Yeats win the Nobel Prize?: 1923
Who helped establish the Abbey Theatre?: William Butler Yeats
What was the name WH Auden gave to the 20th cent?: "The Age of Anxiety"
When did WH Auden become a US citizen?: 1946
Who taught at the University of Michigan: WH Auden
Who became the professor of poetry at Oxford?: WH Auden
When was Responsiblities by William Butler Yeats written?: 1914
When did TS Eliot become a British citizen?: 1927
When did TS Eliot join the Church of England?: 1927

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