ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE

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During which literary period was there pride in the growing power of England, optimism born of the new science, the dominance of Puritan ideas tenaciously held by the rising middle class, and the example of a royal court scrupulously adhering to high standards of decency and respectability combine to produce a spirit of moral earnestness linked with self-satisfaction?
A
Elizabethan Age
B
Caroline Age
C
Victorian Age
D
Restoration Age
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anglo-Saxon literature (or Old English literature) encompasses literature written in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of Britain, from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Detailed explanation-2: -The history of English Literature is spread over different eras including Old English or Anglo Saxon, The Renaissance, Victorian Era, Modern Era, Postmodern era, amongst others.

Detailed explanation-3: -The language brought by these Anglo-Saxon settlers together with some Latin and Celtic words became Old English. Anglo-Saxon literature was the earliest phase of English literature. This period consists of literature written in Old English in Anglo-Saxon England from the 5th Century AD to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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