Across
- 1. teacher to writer, savagery of human nature, influenced by WWII experience, allegorical novels and moral themes.
- 4. fierce critic of Victorian society, debate over social norms.
- 5. language and music, Welsh culture.
- 6. Middlemarch and Silas Marner, pen name M.A. Evans, women and society, moral and social issues, psychological realism, paved the way for other females.
- 9. art and society, major figure in Anglo-American society.
- 10. wrote letters to soldiers’ girls, struggles between men and nature, opium addicted, saved Shakespeare’s legacy, very emotional.
- 13. short story writer, the most innovative and experimental.
- 15. purity, nature, accessible, natural speech, simple themes, emotions over reason.
- 17. feminism, justice, personal experience with mental illness, voice to voiceless.
- 19. The Celtic Twilight, from Ireland, folklore mythology, key figure in Irish literature.
- 22. Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, gothic novels, dark and brooding atmosphere, female characters.
- 23. Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, master of social commentary, vivid description and realism, raises awareness of injustice and brings in social changes.
- 25. Pride and Prejudice, realistic women characters, first woman to have an impact, anonymously, unladylike, women’s struggles and place in society, emotions, romantic comedies, marriages, satire.
- 26. The Jungle Book, British Imperialism, exotic settings, both praised and criticized.
- 28. Paradise Lost, blank verse, religion, secular with spirit, classics with modern, emotions and characters over rhyme. 12 books, 4-book sequel.
- 29. physician to writer, Sherlock Holmes, master of mystery and deduction.
Down
- 2. Chronicles of Narnia, motivated by faith.
- 3. Alice in Wonderland, pen name C. Dodgson, wit, wordplay, fantasy, poetry, math, children’s literature.
- 7. Idylls of the King and The Princess, inspired by King Arthur’s legends, helped revive interest in legends and poems.
- 8. totalitarianism, political satire, dystopian future, 1984.
- 11. Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, rural England, pessimism, human condition.
- 12. sailor to writer, dark human nature explorer, colonialism.
- 14. The Book and Sonnets from the Portuguese and The Ring, shaped Victorian poetry, dramatic monologues, social and political poetry.
- 15. The Picture of Dorian Gray, satire, social issues, wit, lasting influence on literature.
- 16. adventure novels and fiction, vivid descriptions, travelogues, essays.
- 18. A Passage to India, influenced by Jane Austen, clash between modernity and tradition.
- 20. own language, history, Catholic.
- 21. Robinson Crusoe, 1st person POV, loved by the middle class, 1st commercial fiction for regular people, 400 books and pamphlets, changed last name, king spy, brick sales, wine sales, satire → prison.
- 24. Sons and Lovers, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Rainbow, sexuality, class, individual struggles, influenced by Sigmund Freud.
- 27. The Waste Land, allusions, psychology, fragmented structure, shaped the way we think about literature.