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The period of Queen Elizabeth rule during 1558 to 1603 is knows as Elizabethan Age. Because of her wit, wisdom and intelligency. In this period England saw a great development in trade, marine power and nationalistic feelings. The Queen Victoria died in 1897.
The first and second world war were to major disasters of 20th century. Though the world was recovery from the painful experience of world war. It was very slow long sighted people were still uneasy about the Outlook. The leg of Nations had failed to bring about the state of international harmony hoped for and poverty and social unrest in man presented. Than as the 1903 approach, a worldwide financial crisis stuck rich and poor both. In Britain and other countries millions of unemployed people created a grave social problem and industrial reagens became distress areas. In Germany Hitler in Italy Mussolini as well as in Japan and China Military Power they all have prepared background for the upcoming background of second world war in 1939.
The beginning or end of a social cultural or literary age cannot be preciously dated. Yet some historical event or land mark has to be gought to mark the being or end of a certain age. This, the year go can be fixed as the year marking the end of the Victoria age and the beging of modern age.
The modern age is the most complex, complicated, baffling and revolutionary age in the history of the world. It is an age of most amazing, astounding and unamignable, scientific discoveres, inventions and advancement which the Victorian never imagine. This is an age of jact plans, space crafts, computers, internet, mobile phones, fax, which have reduced the entire Cosmo into a tiny unit. As compton- Rictett pointed out,
" The dawn of 20th century witnessed the emergence of new values and progress in the filed of social, political economical and literary life."
There is the other Dark Side of the picture too. The age has invited armaments, atombomb, nuclear weapons which can kill the millions of the people in just a blink of an eye. The whole world is sitting on the mouth of volcano. The age as to witness the world war. The four motion of league of nations failed to prevent another world war.
The rising conflict between the countries disturbance, turbulence, peace and property was in demand at international level. In such situation and circumstances literature would be useless if it did not perfect social and political purpose. If the world is to be saved thinkers philosophers, poets and literary man must come forward replacing war mongers, politicians and terrorism in the world.
During the 20th century all branches of literature developed in its own comnescious way. It is completely different from former ages.
" 20th century is an existing age for writer, an age which marked a diffinat break with the past, a challenge to authority- a self conscious age when writers where critical of the composison of society."
"When 20th century opened Tennyson had been dead nine years and there was a wide spread impression that English poetry had dead with him."
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