Pre twentieth century authors biography
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Twentieth-century English literature
Literary works written in the English language in the twentieth-century
Main articles: American literature, Scottish literature, Irish literature, and Welsh literature in English
This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from former British colonies. It also includes, to some extent, the United States, though the main article for that is American literature.
Modernism is a major literary movement of the first part of the twentieth-century. The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature.
Irish writers were especially important in the twentieth-century, including James Joyce and later Samuel Beckett, both central figures in the Modernist movement. Americans, like poets T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound and novelist William Faulkner
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6 Twentieth Century: Major Writers and Works
Dr. Sruti Ramachandran
The twentieth century witnessed a plethora of literary works which were radical as compared to those of the previous century. The chaos which erupted with the World Wars marred the human conscience across the world. Earlier concepts and influences were shaped by a generation shell shocked by the aftermath of the wars. Hence, the attitude and outlook of the writers of the time was rather like a forceful projectile.
The period is generally classified into modern and postmodern period. The era also saw the emergence of new literary techniques. And hence the literature of the twentieth century stands like a towering figure over other literary periods. In A Glossary of Literary Terms M.H. Abrams has listed major writers pertaining to the age. “Among the notable writers are the poets W.B.Yeats, Wilfred Owen, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Josef Conrad, James Joyce, D.H.Lawrence, Dorothy Richards
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W. B. Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
"Yeats" redirects here. For other uses, see Yeats (disambiguation).
William Butler Yeats | |
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Yeats in 1903 | |
| Born | (1865-06-13)13 June 1865 |
| Died | 28 January 1939(1939-01-28) (aged 73) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (1923) |
William Butler Yeats[a] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a medlem av senat of the Irish Free State.
A Protestant of Anglo-Irish nedstigning, Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland. His father practised lag and was a successful portrait painter. He was educated in Dublin and London and spent his childhood holidays in County Sligo. He stud