A. Charles Lamb
B. Joseph Conrad
C. Coleridge
D. Wordsworth
Related Mcqs:
- In which work Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the term ’willing suspension of disbelief’ in 1817 ?
A. Kubla Khan
B. Biographia Literaria
C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
D. Christabel - A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
A. Reader Response
B. Feminist
C. Mimetic
D. Formalist - A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?
A. Historical
B. Feminist
C. Tory
D. Psychological - A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?
A. Mimetic approach
B. Formalist approach
C. Historical approach
D. Psychological approach - A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?
A. Feminist
B. Reader Response
C. Formalist
D. Mimetic - This poet might be described as a moral or philosophical critic for arguing that works must have “high seriousness.” ?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Matthew Arnold
C. Elizabeth Browning
D. Virginia Woolf - Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden - Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden - Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, regarded as the perfect poet of ‘love and loss’ ?
A. Tennyson
B. Browning
C. Swinburne
D. D.G. Rossetti - Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as “a sort of poet-king Arthur” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Blake
C. Lord Byron
D. Percy Shelley
