A. Too many of its readers were women.
B. It required less skill than other genres.
C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
D. all of the above
A. William Godwin’s Inquiry Concerning Political Justice
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s England in 1819
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. all of the above
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday
A. It has universal appeal.
B. It can stand the test of time.
C. It makes connections.
D. All of the above.
A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary
B. Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood
C. Anne Finch, Anne Killigrew, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
D. Rachel Speght, Katherine Philips, and Frances Burney
A. wit
B. sprezzatura
C. naturalism
D. gusto
A. King David’s son
B. A Judge of Israel
C. Bathsheba’s first husband
D. Absalom’s advisor
A. Bleak House
B. Great Expectations
C. A Tale of Two Cities
D. The Pickwick Papers
A. snide indifference
B. biblical reverence
C. condemning censure
D. satirical derision
A. The Duke of Monmouth
B. Charles II
C. The Earl of Shaftesbury
D. Cromwell