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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50
University of New Zealand. — English Language and Literature. — Paper b. English Literature from 1790 to 1825
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University of New Zealand.
English Language and Literature.
Paper b. English Literature from 1790 to 1825.
| 1. | Describe the views taken by Edmund Burke of the French Revolution, with especial reference to his 'Reflections on the Revolution in France,' published in 1790. |
| 2. | What was Wordsworth's age in the year 1790? Give some account of his life from that year to the date of the publication of the 'Lyrical Ballads.' |
| 3. | What was Walter Scott's age in the year 1790? Give some account of his life from that date to the year 1805. |
| 4. | What was Byron's age in the year 1790? What caused him to write 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers'? |
| 5. | Give some account of the origin of 'The Edinburgh Review' and of 'The Quarterly Review.' |
| 6. | When did Byron publish the first two cantos of 'Childe Harold? Account for their great success. What poems of Byron's followed within the next two years?page 2 |
| 7. | Sketch the literary life of Walter Scott from 1805 to the date of the publishing of 'Waverify.' |
| 8. | Show how the movement of thought, of which the French Revolution was one sign, affected the relation of women to our higher Literature. Add some account of the writings of Miss Edgeworth and Jane Austen. |
| 9. | Give the names of the most important of Shelley's poems with the dates of their publication, and describe any one of them. |
| 10. | Write a few notes upon the life of John Keats and the chief characteristics of his poetry. |
| 11. | Name the author of each of the following works, giving, as nearly as you can, its date, and a note or two upon its character:—'The Pleasures of Memory', 'The Pleasures of Hope,' 'The Life of Leo X.,' 'The Parish Register,' 'Curiosities of Literature,' 'Lalla Rookh,' 'The Essays of Elia.' |
| 12. | Indicate some of the chief differences in tone and character between our Literature in the year 1790 and our Literature in the year 1825. |