A. The “Bloomsbury Group” consists of a group of English writers, thinkers, and artists who met in the Bloomsbury district of London. B. The group consisted of survivors of World War II. C. The Bloomsbury group included E.M. Forster, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, and Virginia Woolf. D. A and C only...
A. Some academic scholars suggest that “TheWasteland” is an extrapolation of the search for the Holy Grail. B. “The Wasteland” is an excellent example of modernist symbolism. C. Eliot’s poem takes great pains to illustrate the breakdown of stable meaning in the modern world. D. “The Wasteland” is often used as an excellent example of … Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the general characteristics of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” ?Read More...
A. “Something that replaces reality with its representation” B. “A stable referent to a knowable original cultural artifact” C. “An exact imitation of the material world” D. “A basic affirmation of everyday reality”...
A. In English literature, we cannot refer to “the tradition” or to “a tradition;” at most, we employ the adjective in saying that the poetry of so-and-so is “traditional” or even “too traditional.” B. Tradition is the great conversation which links all English literature and is a coherent and stable cannon. C. All of the … According to T.S. Eliot in his essay on “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” which of the following is true of “tradition ?”Read More...
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