Prose Authors Jumble CA1 Flashcards
Samuel Johnson was a famous_
Writer
Samuel Johnson spent several years writing_
He defined how many words?
Dictionary of the English language
43,000 words
Who was Johnsons opportunistic patron
Lord Chesterfield
Johnsons english dictionary was one of the first to use
Standardized spellings
Johnsons writing encompassed many or restricted genres?
Many genres
Johnson led a difficult life marked by which problems
Depression, financial problems ,illness
Alfred George Gardiner was an
Journalist, editor, author
What was the alias of AG gardiner for his famous essays
Alpha of the plough
Gardiner was chairman of an advocacy group which wanted what?
Minimum wage in industry
Gardiner started his writing career as a reporter for the local _ and then got position at prominent newspapers like _
Sussex daily news, The Daily news
What caused Gardiner to get literary fame
His essays in The Idler magazine
Bertrand Russell was an English _
Philosopher ,logician, mathematician
Who was born in Wales but spent most of his life in england ?
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell won the Nobel prize for literature when?
1950
Bertrand Russell tried to make philosophy a popular subject. What was his most influential essay of the 20th century called?
On Denoting
What were Bertrand Russell political positions
Liberal, anti war activist, socialist
George Bernard shaw was an Irish __
Playwright, critic and political activist
GB shaws influence on western theatre, culture and politics extended from the __ to his death and beyond.
1880s
GB Shaw had a range including both contemporary satire and historical allegory. What are some of GB Shaws major plays
Pygmalion, Man and Superman
Who was the leading dramatist of his generation
GB Shaw
GB Shaw was awarded the Nobel prize when
1925
GB Shaw was member of which society
British socialist Fabian society
Nehru was the first PM of independent India from when to when
1947-64
Who established parliamentary goverment in India
Nehru
How were Nehrus policies wrt to foreign affairs
Neutral or non aligned
Nehru was one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the _and _ years. He waged a violent/nonviolent? War against the British?
1930s&40s , nonviolent
John Boynton Priestly was an English _
Novelist, playwright, broadcaster
Where was Priestly from, that is reflected in much of his works
Yorkshire
What theory did priestly develop
Theory of time with different dimensions
In 1940 who broadcasted a series of propaganda radio talks credited with strengthening civillian morale during the WW2__?
Priestly, Battle Of Britain
Priestly influenced the development of the _. His left wing beliefs brought him into conflict with the government.
Welfare state
