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• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a Victorian Poet.
• He is best known for his melodious language.
• He was represented of the Victorian Age.
• His notable works:
- Poems,
- In Memoriam,
- Maud and other Poems
• His famous poems:
- Oenone,
- Ulysses,
- Lotus Eaters,
- Locksley Hall,
- Tears Idle Tears,
- Tithonus,
- The Two Voices,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Vision of Sin,
- Morte D'Arthur etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Jules Verne is a French novelist, poet and playwright.
• His famous works:
- Around the World in Eighty Days,
- The Mysterious Island,
- From the Earth to Moon,
- Around the Moon,
- Off on a Comet,
- Master of the World.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a Russian Novelist and writer.
• His famous novels:
- Crime and Punishment,
- The Idiot,
- The Brothers Karamazov,
- Poor Folk,
- A Little Hero,
- The Eternal,
- Notes from Underground.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• William Butler Yeats is an Irish dramatist, poet and critic.
• He wrote the preamble of Tagore's 'Gitanjali' in 1912, which later got nobel prize in 1913.
• W. B. Yeats got nobel prize in 1923.
• His famous poems:
- The Wild Swans at Coole,
- The Tower,
- The Winding Stair and Other Poems,
- The Resurrection,
- The Second Coming,
- The Cat and The Moon,
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree,
- Among School Children,
- The Lord of Harts,
- Falling of Leaves,
- A prayer for My Daughter,
- When You Are Old.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and An ABC of English Literature & Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- O' Henry was an American famous short story writer.
- His real name is William Sidney Porter.
- O' Henry is his Pen name.
- He is famous for his story The Gift of the Magi.
- Eric Hugh Blair is the real name of George Orwell.
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the real name of Mark Twain.
- Mary Ann Evans is the real name of George Eliot.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Saul Bellow is an American famous novelist.
• His famous novels:
- Seize the Day,
- the Adventure of Augie March,
- Herzog,
- Dangling Man,
- Henderson the Rain King,
- The Victim etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

• Edmund Spenser is called the poet of poets.
• His famous sonnet collection is Amoretti.
• His famous works:
- The Faerie Queen (Epic),
- The Shepherds Calendar,
- The Ruins of Time.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

• H. G. Wells is a British science fiction writer.
• His famous works:
- The Time Machine,
- The Invisible Man,
- The War of the Worlds,
- The Island of Dr. Moreau.  

Source: Live MCQ lecture.

• Leo Tolstoy is a Russian one of the greatest writers.
• His famous novels:
- War and Peace,
- Anna Karenina,
- Childhood,
- Resurrection
• His famous drama: The Power of Darkness.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The Renaissance Period (1500-1660) is divided into 4 main Period. Such as:
- Elizabethan Period (1558-1603),
- Jacobean Period (1603-1625),
- Caroline Period (1625-1649) and
- Commonwealth Period (1649-1660).

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ lecture.

• 'A Passage to India' is a famous novel which was written by Edward Morgan Forster.
• The important character of this novel:
- Dr. Aziz (Protagonist),
- Mrs. Moore
- Adela Quested,
- Rony Hislop,
- Cyril Fielding,
- Stella Moore.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica and A Passage to India.

• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a Victorian Poet.
• He is best known for his melodious language.
• He was represented of the Victorian Age.
• His notable works:
- Poems,
- In Memoriam (Famous Elegy),
- Maud and other Poems.
• His famous poems:
- Oenone,
- Ulysses,
- Lotus Eaters,
- Locksley Hall,
- Tears Idle Tears,
- Tithonus,
- The Two Voices,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Vision of Sin,
- Morte D'Arthur etc.  

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

• 'As You Like It' is a famous comedy of William Shakespeare.
• Important character of 'As You Like It':
- Oliver,
- Orlando,
- Rosalind etc.

Source: As You Like It.

• Edgar Allan Poe is an American Short Story writer and literary critic.
• He is The Father of English Short Story and Modern Detective Story.
• His famous short stories:
- The Tell Tale Heart,
- The Raven,
- The fall of the house of usher,
- The Black Cat,
- The Oval Portrait,
-The Gold Bug,
- The Light House.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theater director, critic, and amateur artist.
• He is considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
• His Notable Works:
- Alexis und Dora,
- Egmont,
- Faust,
- Hermann und Dorothea,
- Stella,
- The Sorrows of Young Werther,
- Venetian Epigrams etc.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Thomas Gray is famous for Graveyard Poet.
• His famous elegy is 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'.
• His famous quotations:
- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. (An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
- Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.
- The paths of glory lead but to grave.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

- John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist.
- He is best known for his tragedies.
- His famous plays:
• The White Devil,
• The Duchess of Malfi.
• The Devil's Law Case etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

- Thomas Jefferson was An American founding father.
- He was the author of the declaration of independence of USA.
- He was the third president of USA.
- His famous quotation is 'Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty'.

• Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer.
• His notable works:
- Treasure Island,
- Kidnapped,
- The New Arabian Night,
- The Black Arrow,
- Prince Otto.  

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- Caedmon is the first known poet or earliest epic poet of English literature.
- He is also called Father of English Sacred Song.
- He is the writer of Paraphrase.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• John Dryden is the Father of Modern English Criticism.
• His famous quotations:
- We first make our habits than habits make us.
- They think too little talk too much.
- Jealousy is the proof of love.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Notable works of George Robert Gissing:
- Born in Exile,
- The Nether World,
- Denzil Quarrier,
- The Odd Women,
- The Paying Guest,
- The Whirlpool,
- Charles Dickens: A Critical Study.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

•  An apparently self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called paradox.
• Example of paradox:
- The world will be saved by failure.
- Cowards die many times before their deaths.
- There is no one so poor as a wealthy miser.
- Sweet are the uses of adversity.
- The world will be saved by failure.
- Ignorance is strength.
- I must be cruel only to be kind.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• David Herbert Lawrence was an English writer and poet.
• His well known novels:
- The White Peacock,
- Sons and Lovers (His autobiographical novel),
- The Rainbow,
- Women in Love,
- A Modern Lover,
- Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- John Bunyan is the powerful writer of Puritan Period. He is famous for his allegory.
- His famous allegory is The Pilgrim's Progress.
- The poem 'To His Coy Mistress' is written by Andrew Marvell.
- The novel 'A Passage to India' is written by E. M. Forster.
- The tragedy 'The Massacre of Paris' is written by Christopher Marlowe.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Sir Walter Scott is the Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet.
• His famous works:
- Ivanhoe,
- Talisman,
- Patriotism,
- Waverly.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• The greatest novelist of the Victorian Period is Charles Dickens.
• His famous novels:
- Great Expectations,
- Our Mutual Friend,
- David Copperfield,
- A Tale of Two Cities,
- The Battle of Life,
- Oliver Twist,
- The Christmas Carol,
- The Bleak House,
- The Old Curiosity Shop,
- The Pickwick Papers,
- Hard Times,
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
• Important character of Great Expectations is Pep, Estella, Miss Havisham, Joe Gargery etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• A statement which actually means the opposite of its surface meaning is called Irony.
• The first sentence of Pride and Prejudice is an example of irony:
- 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Metaphysical Poet of English literature:
- John Donne,
- George Herbert,
- Abraham Cowley,
- Henry Vaughan,
- Andrew Marvell,
- John Cleveland,
- Richard Crashaw
• University Wits of English literature:
- Christopher Marlowe,
- Robert Greene,
- Thomas Nashe,
- Thomas Lodge,
- George Peele,
- John Lyly,
- Thomas Kyd.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• The Repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words (without the recurrence of consonant sounds which would make a rhyme) is called assonance.
• An example of Assonance:
Alone, alone, all, all alone;
Alone on a wide, wide sea'

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

• John Milton is a writer of Caroline Age.
• He is called Epic Poet and also called 'A great master of verse in Puritan Period'.
• His famous Epics:
- Paradise Lost,
- Paradise Regained.
• His famous books:
- Comus,
- Lycidas,
- Of Education,
- Areopagitica.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Alexander Pope is called Mock Heroic Poet.
• His famous epic is The Rape of the Lock.
• His famous works:
- An Essay on Criticism,
- The Dunciad,
- The Imitation of Horace,
- An Essay on Man,
- Letter to Gay.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

• Herman Melville was an American Novelist.
• His famous novels:
- Moby Dick (It deals with a white whale),
- White Jacket,
- Bartleby,
- The Scrivener etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• King Lear is a famous tragedy of William Shakespeare.
• The important character of this tragedy:
- King Lear,
• Three daughters of an arrogant king:
- Goneril,
- Regan and
- Cordelia.
- Edgar etc.

Source: King Lear and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- The duration of 'Neo-Classical period' is 1660 to 1798. It is divided into 3 short period.
1. Restoration Age (1660-1700).
2. Augustan/The Age of Pope (1700-1745).
3. Age of Sensibility (1745-1785/98).
• Duration of The Romantic Period is 1798 to 1832.
• Duration of The Victorian Period is 1832 to 1900.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Jonathan Swift is the greatest satirist of the 18th century.
• His famous novels:
- Gulliver's Travels,
- A tale of a Tub,
- A Modest Proposal,
- A Journey to Stella,
- The Battle of the Books.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ lecture.

- Stanza is a division of poem.
- It is a smaller unit of the structure of a poem.
- In some cases, the stanza is a unit of thought of a poem.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Lord Byron was a leading figure in the Romantic Movement in English Literature.
• He is considered to be the Rebel Poet and Byronic Hero in English Literature.
• Don Juan is his famous poem.
• His famous books:
- The Vision of judgement,
- Hours of Idleness,
- Heaven and Earth.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- Dr. Samuel Jonson is the Father of English dictionary.
- He is the first lexicographer in English.
- His famous books:
• A Preface to Shakespeare,
• Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia,
• Life of the English Poets etc.
- His famous poem is The Vanity of Human Wishes.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

• Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, novelist and dramatist.
• His famous books:
- The Importance of Being Earnest,
- A woman of No Importance,
- An Ideal Husband,
- The Picture of Dorian Gray,
- Lady Windermere's Fan etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

• Jane Austen was an Anti-Romantic novelist in the Romantic Age. Because of her stern attitude against youthful passion.
• Her famous novels:
• Pride and Prejudice,
• Sense and Sensibility,
• Mansfield Park,
• Emma,
• Persuasion
• Love and Friendship.
• The Protagonist of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet.
• The other Important character of Pride and Prejudice:
- Fitzwilliam Darcy
- George Wickham
- Charles Bingley
- Jane Bennet
- Lydia Bennet etc.

Source: Pride and Prejudice.

• Oliver Goldsmith is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet.
• His famous works:
- The Citizen of the World,
- The Vicar of the Wakefield,
- The Deserted Village,
- The good Natured Man,
- She Stoops to Conquer,
- The Traveller etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

• John Dryden is the father of modern english criticism.
• His famous works:
- All for Love,
- The Indian Emperor,
- Aureng-Zebe,
- The Mistaken Husband,
- Absalom and Achitophel,
- MacFlecknoe,
- The essay of Dramatic Poesy,
- The Conquest of Granada,
- The Medal of John Bays.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ lecture.

• Walt Whitman, in full Walter Whitman, is an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature.
• His Notable Works:
- Calamus,
- Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,
- Democratic Vistas,
- Drum-Taps,
- I Sing the Body Electric,
- O Captain! My Captain!,
- Song of Myself,
- Specimen Days & Collect,
- Starting from Paumanok.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.