UGC NET/SET/SLET READER: BRITISH POETRY: Neo-Classical Age

Dr Mariya Aslam · Tanvir Ahmed

Apr 2019 · CSMFL Publications

About this ebook

The current book which is the second volume in the series of British Poetry is laced with MCQ’s and is designed to help the learners up to greater extent in getting the basic knowledge of Poetry and in qualifying competitive examination. The book has been written with one prime objective of providing comprehensive knowledge to the students who want to qualify UGC NET/SET/SLET and join the prestigious teaching profession. The book covers a major time frame i.e. Neo-classical Age (1600-1798) which includes Restoration Age, Augustan Age, Age of Johnson and Pre-romantic era and covers all the major works and authors belonging to all the ages that come under the said time frame. Major writers like Dryden, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, William Blake and many more along with their major works and few minor works have been considered. This book also includes many minor poets like Cowper, Edward Young, Robert Burns, Robert Ferguson and so on, who were not representatives of their age but still made important contributions to the field of literature. Besides major and minor authors, this book has also incorporated many MCQ’s on all the main social, political, economic events and the literary trends of Britain for the given time period.

About the author

Dr. Mariya Aslam (M. A. (English), B. Ed,  JK-SET, PhD) is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of English, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri (J&K). She has also done a certificate course in Modern Masterpieces of World Literature from Harvard University (USA) and Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success from Imperial College of London (UK). The author has an experience of four years of teaching. She has participated and presented papers in many National and International conferences and seminars and to her credit are many research papers published in several refereed National and International Journals. Besides all this she has also authored four books.

 Mr. Tanvir Ahmed (M. A. (English), JK-SET, M. Phil) is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of English, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri (J&K). The author has an experience of four years of teaching. He has participated and presented papers in many National and International conferences and seminars and to his credit are many research papers published in several refereed National and International Journals. Besides all this the author has also published five books.