Esercitati con le flashcard: English literature: i grandi autori | Zestly

Question 1

Geoffrey Chaucer

Accepted Answer

Author of 'The Canterbury Tales', a collection of stories framed by a pilgrimage.

Question 2

William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

Elizabethan playwright and poet known for his tragedies like 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.

Question 3

Metaphysical poetry

Accepted Answer

A style characterized by intellectual 'conceits' and the fusion of logic with intense emotion, exemplified by John Donne.

Question 4

Jonathan Swift

Question 5

Romanticism

Question 6

Charles Dickens

Question 7

Oscar Wilde

Question 8

James Joyce

Question 9

George Orwell

Question 10

The Brontë sisters

Question 11

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 12

Stream of consciousness

Question 13

Newspeak

Question 14

Thomas Gradgrind