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The Edwardian Period

The Edwardian Period was started in 1901 and ended in 1910. This period was named after King Edward VII. It is the shorter age of The Modern Age. 

Some key features of The Edwardian Period:

1. Individualism

2. Absurdity

3. Break with tradition

4. Experimentation and innovation

5. Stream of Consciousness

6. Symbolism

7. Imperialism

8. The breakdown of established values

9. Fear, Doubt, Confusion, Frustration

10. Psychological complexities

Famous Writers of this period:

1. Hardy

2. Kipling

3. G.B. Shaw

4. W.B. Yeats

5. J. M. Synge

6. Conrad

7. Henry James

Famous Literary Works in this Period:

1. The Wings of the Dove

2. The Portrait of a Lady

3. The Tragic Muse

4. The American

5. The Ambassadors

6. The Golden Bowl

7. Heart of Darkness

8. Lord Jim: A Tale

9. Under Western Eyes

10. Typhoon

11. The Rover

12. The Rescue

13. An Island Tale

14. A Tale in Two Parts ( Book of short stories )

15. Riders to the Sea

16. The Play Boy of the Western World

17. The Shadow of the Glen

18. The Well of the Saints

19. The Second Coming

20. A prayer for My Daughter

21. Easter 1916

22. A Prayer for Old Age

23. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

24. No Second Troy

25. A Dream of Death

26. Leda and The Swan

27. The Sailing to Byzantium

28. The Cat and the Moon ( Book )

29. Man and Superman

30. Press Cuttings