A. Rustic
B. Middleclass
C. Highclass
D. None of these
5- Romantic Period (1790-1830)
A. Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
D. both a and c
A. London Magazine
B. The Spectator
C. The Edinburgh Review
D. a and c only
A. Republicans
B. Liberals
C. Radicals
D. both B and C
A. Jane Austen’s Emma
B. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley
A. Hunnish epic
B. Gothic fiction
C. epistolary novel
D. meta-novel
A. The notoriety of the Lake School
B. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press
C. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books
D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools
The Lake School refers to a group of English poets at the turn of the 19th century, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey.
While their works were influential in literature and poetry, their notoriety wasn’t a direct factor in the growth of the general reading public.
Instead, their impact was more confined to the realm of literary development and the evolution of Romanticism in English literature.
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien regime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. \The Satanic School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
A. Byron’s Manfred
B. Coleridge’s Remorse
C. Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound
D. Shelley’s The Cenci