A TO Z Literary Principles from History of English Literature: Note 106
A Set of 26 Objective Questions & Answers UGC NET ENGLISH QUESTION BANK 1. ‘The Testament of Beauty’ , is generally considered Robert Seymour Bridges’s masterpiece. In 1918 Bridges published a complete edition of the poetry of his friend from Oxford, Gerard Manley Hopkins, thus bringing it out of obscurity. 2. English poet Geoffrey Chaucer writes ‘The Canterbury Tales’, a collection of stories told by pilgrims en route to Canterbury Cathedral. A literary classic, the work’s genius lies in the interaction between the tales and the framing story. 3. English philosopher and statesman Thomas More pens Utopia 1516 satirizing British life in a story of a mythical, perfect society. More’s moral beliefs later cost him his life; after failing to support King Henry VIII’s break from Rome, More is executed.