Category: Puritan Age MCQs 2021

MCQs on Puritan Age (The Age of Milton) - [1600-1660]

The Puritan Age (The Age of Milton) in English Literature (1600-1660) The literature of the 17th Century may be divided into two periods. The first period started from (1600-1660) is called The Puritan Age or the Age of Milton, further divided into the Jacobean and Caroline periods after the rulers James I and Charles I, respectively. Puritanism dominated the seventeenth Century up to 1660, and it…

MCQs on Jacobean and Caroline Prose Writers

MCQs on Jacobean and Caroline Prose Writers

Introduction To Jacobean and Caroline Prose Writers (17th Century) Jacobean and Caroline Period was rich in prose. English prose which had been formed into a harmonious and pliable instrument by the Elizabethans, began to be used in various ways, as narrative as well as a vehicle for philosophical speculation and scientific knowledge. For the first…

MCQs on Jacobean and Caroline Playwrights

MCQs on Jacobean and Caroline Playwrights

Introduction To Jacobean and Caroline Playwrights (17th Century) The drama in England after Shakespeare suffered a decline during the reigns of James-I and Charles-I. The heights reached by Shakespeare could not be kept by later playwrights. The Jacobean and Caroline playwrights gave expression to passive suffering and lack of mental and physical vigour. The real spirit…

MCQs on Metaphysical Poetry

Introduction To Metaphysical Poetry (Puritan Poetry) The Puritan Poetry, which is also called the Jacobean and Caroline Poetry during the reigns of James-I and Charles-I respectively can be divided into three parts. Here, we will discuss about the part two of Puritan Poetry which is the Poetry of the Metaphysical School in the form of MCQs.…