Oliver Goldsmith Flashcards
When was Oliver Goldsmith born?
b.1730 d.1774
What work launched Goldsmith into his career?
Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe (1759).
In what journal were the essays The Bee and the Chinese Letters first published?
The Public Ledger
What is the name of the collection that included the Bee and The Chinese Letters?
The Citizen of the World (1962)
Who is Lien Chi Altangi?
The fictional Chinese philosopher from whose perspective The Chinese Letters is written.
When were the Chinese Letters published in The Public Ledger?
It was serially published from January 1760 to August 1761.
What is the elite club that Goldsmith was part of along with Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke etc?
The Club, founded in 1764.
Which work established Goldsmith as a poet?
The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society (1764)
What is The Traveller about?
It discusses the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations.
When was The Deserted Village written?
1770
Who was The Deserted Village dedicated to?
Joshua Reynolds
What is The Deserted Village about?
it is about the rural depopulation, the pursuit of excessive wealth and the moral depravity of the towns. It is written in Heroic Couplets.
What was Goldsmith’s novel written in 1762?
The Vicar of Wakefield.
What are Goldsmith’s two famous plays?
The Good Natured Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773)
Who are the characters in She Stoops to Conquer?
Kate and Tony Hardcastle, Marlow, Hastings and Constance, Mr and Mrs, Hardcastle
