JRR Tolkien

- Lord of the Rings

George Orwell (Eric Blair)

- Animal Farm

- 1984

- "Why I Write"

William Golding

- Lord of the Flies

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William, Golding. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin Group, 1954.

Virginia Woolf  Modern

Info

- one of the most highly cultured, creative minds of the early twentieth century (Horton 705)

- formed Bloomsbury Group (705)

- promoted feminist interests and literary innovation (705)

- best of the modern English novelists

- stream of consciousness

Works

- Mrs. Dalloway

- To the Lighthouse - most highly regarded works

- The Death of the Moth

- "Three Pictures" - anecdotal essay

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.

Robert Graves  Modern

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- versatile disciplined art is typical of the cynical conservatism of recent British writers (Horton 712)

- primitive mythic experience (713)

- occasional verse

- poet, historical novelist (712)

- emphasizes matriarchal role in primitive culture and its inspirational value in civilization today (713)

Works

- "Coronation Address"

- I, Claudius

- Claudius and God

- Count Belisarius

Terms

- blank verse - unrhymed iambic pentameter

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.