Question

Trace the development of modern English fiction with specific reference to the major shifts in literary perspective during the nineteenth century.

Answer 1

In the nineteenth century, the modernization of novels took place. "Gothic", a genre that included classics such as “The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe”, “The Monk by Matthew Lewis”, and” The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole”. This genre took 2 directions – Romantic like the “Wuthering Heights “ by Emily Brontë and sensational like the works of M.E. Braddon It was characterized by exotic location.