INTRODUCTION
The twentieth century in Britain has a lot of phases. The first forty years of the twentieth century saw both the consolidation of a century- and-a-half’s industrial growth and development, and a decisive transition towards the now-familiar modernity of our own technologically advanced, mass-democratic and mass-consumerist society. New innovations in science and technology such as motor car, cinema, wireless telegraph, the aeroplane and electric power gave the twentieth century a new look. Nevertheless, the First World War was a severe blow on the century.
Historical Overview
After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, things started to change gradually. The new century saw a continuing reaction against what were perceived as deeply entrenched Victorian values and attitudes, especially in religion and morality. Although there were no major upheavals organized, institutional religion in this period in Britain, the profound impact of nineteenth century science, philosophy and thought continued to be widely felt and there was certainly a spreading and deepening crisis of faith among artists and intellectuals, whose questioning and search for alternative systems of belief were now also increasingly influenced by the recently established fields of anthropology and comparative religion.
Several features are known to have dotted the twentieth century. First is the global war. This global war was the First World War which broke out in 1918. Masses of dead bodies littered the streets, plumes of poison gas drifting through the air, hundreds of miles of trenches infested with rats; these are some of the indelible images that have come to be associated with World War I (1914–1918). It was a war that unleashed death, loss, and suffering on an unprecedented scale.
Another crucial feature of the twentieth century is radical artistic experiment. The boundary breaking art, literature, and music of the first decades of the century are the subject of the topic, “Modernist Experiment”. Among the leading aesthetic innovations of this era were the composer Igor Stravinsky, the cubist Pablo Picasso, and the Futurist F.T. Marinetti. The waves of artistic energy in the avant-garde European arts soon crossed the English Channel, as instanced by the abstraction and dynamism of Red Stone Dancer (1913–14) by the London-based vorticists, and modernists include such English writers as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot who also responded to the stimulus and challenge of the European avant-garde with manifestos, poems, plays, and other writings. This topic explores the links between continental experiment and the modernist innovations of English language poets and writers during a period of extraordinary ferment in literature and the arts.
The twentieth century also witnessed the emergence of new nations out of European colonial rule. Ireland was the oldest of Britain’s colonies and the first in modern times to fight for independence. Politically and ideologically, too, society continued to become more pluralistic and democratic, and the Victorian trend towards a more diverse social – class structure and looser, less deterministic social networks continued apace.
Literary Overview
The literature of the first third or so of the twentieth century is usually defined in terms of its rejection of the values, attitudes and practices of the immediately preceding Victorian age – or at least of those aspects of the age that had come to stand for a ‘Victorianism’ defined, among other things, by hypocrisy and puritanical narrow-mindedness. Reaction against such Victorianism had been gathering pace since at least the 1880s, but after Queen Victoria’s death reaction became outright rebellion as a new age of skepticism and searching critique began to assert itself and all the assumed Victorian verities were challenged and questioned. Indeed, this questioning spirit is perhaps the outstanding characteristic of early twentieth- century literature.
The wars of the period inevitably added impetus and edge to anti-Victorian critique, and if the experience and consciousness of war, with all the ramifications of its newly realized potential for destruction, was an all-pervasive feature of the literature of the period. Especially after 1914, war itself supplied the direct and indirect subject matter for innumerable literary texts. The resulting literary experiments and debates gave rise to an extra-ordinarily rich and diverse range of writings, and this has meant that there is still no entirely settled ‘map’ of the literature of the period. For some writers, even towards the end of the period, it was effectively ‘business as usual’ where, although issues may well have changed, the tried and tested techniques of the Victorians would still more or less suffice. In the second half of the twentieth century, the standard model of literary critical classification for these years, especially in the field of fiction, has been one which identifies two major trends or modes of writing, defined principally by their different stylistic and technical features.
Thank you for great article. Hello Administ .
This Illinois riverboat casino on the Fox River gives far
more than 1,000 slot machines and 4 restaurants.
Do you have a spam issue on this website; I also am a blogger,
and I was curious about your situation; we have created some nice
methods and we are looking to trade techniques with other folks, be sure to shoot me an email if interested.
Excellent goods from you, man. I have understand your stuff previous to and you are just too wonderful.
I actually like what you have acquired here, really like what you are stating and
the way in which you say it. You make it enjoyable and you still care
for to keep it sensible. I can’t wait to read
much more from you. This is really a tremendous web site.
Thanks for finally writing about > 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY – Recruitment Portal < Loved it!
Good answers in return of this question with genuine arguments
and describing the whole thing regarding that.
Hi there are using WordPress for your site
platform? I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started
and create my own. Do you require any coding knowledge to make your own blog?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi, I think your site might be having browser
compatibility issues. When I look at your website in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping.
I just wanted to give you a quick heads up!
Other then that, fantastic blog!
I want to to thank you for this excellent read!! I definitely loved every little bit
of it. I’ve got you book marked to check out new things
you post…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about website.
Regards
Fantastic goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff
previous to and you’re just extremely excellent. I really like what you’ve
acquired here, certainly like what you are saying and the way in which you say it.
You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep
it smart. I can not wait to read far more from you.
This is actually a terrific site.
Hi it’s me, I am also visiting this site on a regular
basis, this web site is really good and the viewers
are really sharing nice thoughts.
Excellent blog! Do you have any tips and hints for aspiring writers?
I’m planning to start my own site soon but I’m a little
lost on everything. Would you suggest starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out
there that I’m totally overwhelmed .. Any tips? Bless you!
Wow! After all I got a blog from where I know how to genuinely get valuable information regarding my study and knowledge.
My programmer is trying to persuade me to move to .net from PHP.
I have always disliked the idea because of the costs.
But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a number of websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to another platform.
I have heard fantastic things about blogengine.net. Is there a way
I can import all my wordpress posts into it?
Any kind of help would be really appreciated!
Attractive section of content. I just stumbled upon your weblog and in accession capital
to assert that I get actually enjoyed account your weblog posts.
Anyway I will be subscribing to your feeds and even I fulfillment you get right of entry to constantly quickly.
hello!,I love your writing very much! percentage we be in contact extra approximately your post on AOL?
I need a specialist on this space to resolve my problem.
May be that is you! Taking a look ahead
to look you.
thank you
thank you
LAVITA RICCA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT*
♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️
♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️♦️
*NO MORE EXCUSES*
1. I don’t have money
2. I can’t talk to people
3. I don’t do stuff like this
4. I’m too Busy
Your excuses may be legit but they won’t improve your Life.
• *Lavita Ricca Investment is Fully Registered with with FGN. with RC NO 1582489( For those Who Think Lavita Ricca is Not Registered)* *Contact Administrator Management Mrs. Elizabeth Tina On *(09036369810)
*Lavita Ricca Investment is a platform network that deal with investing of money just within 45 minutes you will get back your money double*
?phone=+2349036369810
*Lavita Ricca PACKAGE’S*
*N20,000====N40,000*
*N40,000====N80,000*
*N50,000====N100,000*
*N100,000====N200,000*
*N200,000 ====N400,000*
*N400,000====N800,000*
*======== = = ========*
*I know you are skeptical about this because of the negative experience a lot of issues as regards scamming in the MMM. I assure you 101% that you won’t lose your money this is because I know the risk of this profit oriented business and I know how to avoid them using my trading skills and signals to make only wins and no losses.*
*Are u a worker?*
 *Are u a student looking for your school fees? Are u a woman looking for money to pay your children school fees?*
 *Are u jobless and u need where u can make source of income?*..
 *Lavita Ricca Investment is here for you! With a little amount u can earn and make more more source of income without any problems*
 *Lavita Ricca Investment is a platform network that deal with investing of money just within 45mins you will get back your money double*
*Thank you for your time you can click on the link below to get started, please only serious minded people are expected to message the administrator.( 09036369810 )