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término definición
The Fabian Society
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an organisation dedicated to advancing democratic socialism through gradual reform rather than revolution
Aestheticism
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advocates believed that beauty itself was the highest goal of art and artistic expression should be independent of ethical and social concerns
Decadence
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indulging in artificiality, dandyism and exotic experiences
The Yellow Book
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a key British journal, named after its bold, yellow cover. It’s influence caused the 1890s to be named the Yellow Decade
The Savoy
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another magazine, rival to The Yellow Book
Modernism
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Reacting against Victorian realism, modernist writers and artists experimented with form, perspective, and subjectivity, seeking new ways to express the rapidly changing world
Stream of consciousness
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capturing the flow of human thought
Fragmented narrative
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abandoning the usual plot structure
Epiphany
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moment of sudden realisation
The Abbey Theatre
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champions Irish drama and nationalism. Cofunded by W. B Yeats. Members: Lady Gregory, J. M Synge, Douglas Hyde
Irish Literary Revival
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sought to create a distinctly Irish national literature
Gyre
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Yeats idea of a historical cycle
Bloomsbury group
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a group of writers who rejected victorian traditions in favour of progressive methods. Virginia and Leopold Woolf, Vanessa and Clive Bell, Roger Fry, Lytton Strachey, John Keynes, Duncan Grant, Dora Carrington
Edwardian fiction
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a bridge between victorian and modernist fiction. Shifts focus towards the complexities of human relationships and psychological depth. Followed a linear structure, rich descriptions
Centre of consciousness technique
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developed by Henry James, focused on the internal thoughts of a single character
Focalisation
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developed by Henry James, this technique controls the readers’ acces to information by filtering events through the conciousness of a particular character
The Oxford Group
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The Auden Circle: W. H Auden, Stephen Spender, Cecil Day
Lewis, and Louis MacNeice. Explored the political crisis of the 1930s
1940s
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There was a shift from political activism to personal and philosophical exploration. Deep explorations of morality, evil, human nature, and spirituality

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