ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
T S Eliot is a Modernist poet
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Eliot (1888-1965) is synonymous with modernism. Everything about his poetry bespeaks high modernism: its use of myth to undergird and order atomized modern experience; its collage-like juxtaposition of different voices, traditions, and discourses; and its focus on form as the carrier of meaning.

Detailed explanation-2: -T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor. He is best known as a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry and as the author of such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943).

Detailed explanation-3: -T.S. Eliot-Father of Modern Poetry.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1948, Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry”. Regarded as one of the greatest figures in English literature, T. S. Eliot is the most famous Modernist poet.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marion Angus. W. H. Auden. Djuna Barnes. Elizabeth Bishop. Rupert Brooke. Basil Bunting. Hart Crane. E. E. Cummings. More items

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