48. Justify the statement that “English poetry is full of the color and odor of the sea.” Who are the chief sea-poets in English?
49. Is the cinematograph likely to affect the literature of the future? Is it likely to affect in any way the literature of the past?
50. (a) Write a paragraph of description and criticism upon each of the following works:
Gulliver’s Travels, Sesame and Lilies, The Fortunes of Nigel, Doctor Faustus, Ancren Riwle, Henry Esmond, The Nigger of the Narcissus, Absalom and Achitophel, Euphues and his England, The Faithful Shepherdess, Locksley Hall, Jude the Obscure, Il Penseroso, The Pickwick Papers, Abt Vogler, Urne Buriall, Northanger Abbey, The Blessed Damozel, To a Mouse, The Vanity of Human Wishes, The Egoist, Paradise Regained, Satires of Circumstance, The Woman in White, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Dance of the Sevin Deidlie Sins, Old Mortality, Tono-Bungay, Plays for Puritans.
(b) Write a paragraph on each of the following characters. Mention the work in which each appears, and write a critical estimate:
Jeanie Deans, Prospero, Sir Charles Grandison, Michael Fane, Delilah, Sir Galahad, Mr. Collins, Jos Sedley, Mrs. Proudie, Falstaff, Roderick Random, Major Barbara, Enoch Arden, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, Arthur Kipps, Maggie Tulliver, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Childe Harold, Hilda Lessways, Marmion, Angel Clare, Archimago, Sairey Gamp, Alan Breck, Peter Pan, Dr. Primrose, Amyas Leigh, the Wife of Bath, Mrs. Battle, Lord Jim.
(c) Mention works in which the following types or professions are depicted. Estimate the degree of success attained in each character.
Miser; hypocrite; jester; soldier of fortune; adventuress; undergraduate; surgeon; country parson; detective; Puritan; peasant-farmer; artist; cook; innkeeper; magician; statesman; religious fanatic; garrulous woman; dominie; shepherd; dunce; usurer; boaster; murderer; fisherman; tramp; carpenter; naval officer; conspirator; antiquary.
APPENDIX I
GENERAL TABLES
(1) Authors’ names appear in roman type; the titles of books are given in italics.