The20thBritishLiterature题库.ppt

PART IXTWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE THE TRANSITION FROM 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY IN ENGLISH LITERATURE Background of History The long and progressive reign of Queen Victoria came to a climax in the Diamond Jubilee Year(1897), a time of peace and plenty when the British Empire seemed to be at summit of its power and security. Of the discord that soon followed we shall here note only two factors which had large influence on contemporary English literature. . The first disturbing factor was imperialism, the reawakening of a dominating spirit which had seemingly been put to sleep by the proclamat