What
we are going to focus in this post today and that is the Edwardian age the
first decade of 20th century which is basically from 1901 to 1910, this is what
we call subdivision of modern age that we covered in my last post, so let us
look deep into the world of Edwardian era, now we see that the century opens up
with the British decolonization a very important Boer War of 1902 was fought
between England and South Africa and although South Africa was defeated.
Yet we see that the fragmentation the first sign
of decolonization started happening in the very beginning of the 20th century, now this is to have a major impact
in the development of post-colonial writings and post colonialism in the second
half of the 20th century. We also see the trend of writers from different
nationalities and this included Henry James Joseph Conrad WB Yeats and of
course GB Shaw so Henry James Lerner is known as the International novelist of
America international novelist of America, his stories span trans-atlantic
International novelist from America, if you remember he was also the one who
wrote criticism of novels kolnas called as the art of fiction. He is also known
for the turn of the screw a very important short story by Henry James, the
decade opens with his three masterpieces I would really want you to go through
the three best novels of Henry James.
Now
Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist he was a master of impressionistic
technique, and his classic work was very important work the heart of the darkness
is considered as a very important post-colonial text. Although the father of
African novel Chinua Achebe famously called Conrad a racialist because racist
because of his indirect support to ratio racism in this heart of darkness
learners. He is also known as a very important writer of impressionistic
technique which he learned from his mentor Ford Madox code I hope yes this is
the one who is was the mentor ofJoseph Conrad cornet started writing novels
when he was more than 30 years.
He in fact start started learning English many
was more than 30 so his now was deal with the conflict between the colonial
identities, and also the sea seac is a major symbol in his novels WB Yeats what
more can I say about this legendary author from Ireland he is known as the last
of the romantics as he himself called as he called himself and WB Yeats is
known for his symbolism, he is a 1923 Nobel Prize winner a great supporter of
Irish freedom struggle and most importantly called as sliggoo poet because of
his birth in a place called sliggoo in Ireland, he is arguably the second
greatest modern poet of 20th century
after TS Eliot go for his works in detail right down his poetry collections and
try to find out the major striking points of his career GB Shaw is another
Irish who born Nobel Prize in 1925.
He
was a moralist who famously said I convert nation to my opinion he was a
vegetarian a person who lived for more than 90 years, and his plays are called
as morality plays and or discussion plays he was a champion of morality man and
superman was his play which launched his life force theory, he is also known as
the only author in the world to win Nobel for literature as well as Oscar in
movies his classic work was Pygmalion which was made into a very famous
American musical drama which of course went on to receive Nobel Oscar, also now
minutes this Maenads post impressionistic painting exhibition of 1910 is a very
important event learners in fact Virginia Woolf specifically says that all
changed after this exhibition of 1910 it is a trendsetter exhibition which
launched the career of many modern writers or should I say gave inspiration to
stalwarts like D H Lawrence like Ezra Pound and so many so in that way this is
considered as a high point of modernism by Virginia Woolf in his in her
writings.
The
students you must also know that the exhibitions are very important in the
development of English literature, if you remember 1851 is the glass exhibition
paxton PA XTO n it’s considered as a high point of victorian age coming to the
next point celtic renessa or irish renessa of 1903 with the formation of
Theater Abbey Theatre by WB Yeats and his patroness lady Gregory, so Abba
theater is a very important theatre which was developed and which launched the
career of many writers like scene OKC and JM cinch Celtic renessa can be
directly associated to JM cinch write down all his plays in detail and scene of
Casey out of the – JM change wrote Playboy of the Western world, and there were
other plays, also some of the plays of these writers created rights in Ireland.
So
find in detail about these two authors Irish dramatist they are then a small
movement emerged in Scotland which is known as Scottish scaly art fiction kar
means a patch of cabbage which is usually cultivated by the common Scottish
people in their homes, so Scottish gaylord fiction just the great writer of
Scottish Kelly at fiction was James Barry James baring the man who wrote Peter
Coyle Peter Pan the boy who could not fly James Barry is the one who actually
adapted his plays into novels find out the other writers of this movement, and
it will be a very crucial factor for your net profession and the last phase
beginnings of early modernism through the works of tea will make now P Hillman
is the mentor of Ezra Pound, so you can say TS Eliot’s mentor was as it around
and ezra pound’s mentor was de Hillman so find out his works is a very
important writer who introduced in a way very important images, you can say he
was as a precursor of images then Ford Madox Ford the mentor of Conrad
the writer who actually lost Impressionism in English literature and we have
got the legendary man himself Ezra Pound who is actually the man behind images
which is considered as the high point of modern poetry.