Oliver Goldsmith oldsmith & Sheridan

About Oliver Goldsmith and Richards Sheridan

1. Group task on Oliver Goldsmith Richard Sheridan Given by Vaidehi ma’am Prepared by • Rita Dabhi • Ravina Parmar • Heena Malek •Pina Gondaliya • Nirali Makvana

2. Richard Sheridan Born :- 30 th October, 1751, Dublin, Ireland Death :- 7 th July, 1816 ☆ He was an Irish Poet, Satirist, Playwright and long term owner of the London theatre, Royal Drury lane. ☆ His mother Francis Sheridan was a playwright and novelist. ☆ His father was also an author and wrote several books on education. ☆ The major incident of his life that change his life : fight with Mathew

3. ☆ In the year 1772 after the marriage with Elizabethan Ann Linley the both well settled. ☆ Sheridan started writing the plays. His first play, “ The Rival “ published in 1775. First it was failure in the first night but after huge success of Sheridan, it has gone on to become a standard of English literature. ☆ After the huge success of “ The Rival “ in shortly he published his next play, “ The Duenna “ with his father in – law. ☆ His most famous play, “ The School for Scandal “ is considered one of the greatest Comedies of manner in English. ☆ In1780, he became member of Parliament. Sheridan entered in Parliament on the side of American Colonial in the political debates of that year.

4. ☆ His first speech in parliament was a defence against the charge of bribery. ☆ In 1787 Sheridan demanded the impeachment of Warren Hastings, the first Governor- General of India. ☆ When he felt to be re – elected in Parliament in 1820, after 32 years, this last year were harrassed by debt and disappointment. American Congress offered Sheridan £ 20,000. But the offered was refused. ☆ In December 1815, he became ill and died in poverty and buried in the Poets ‘ Corner of Westminister Abbey.

5. His notable works ☆ The Rival (1775) ☆ St. Patrick’s day (1775) ☆ The Duenna ☆ A Trip to Scarborough ( 1777) ☆ The School for Scandal (1777) ☆ The Camp (1778) ☆ The Critic ( 1779) ☆ The Glorious First of June (1794) ☆ Pizarro (1799) ☆ “ Clio’s Protest “ (1771, Published in 1819)(Collection of Poems)

6. The Rivals ■ Published in 17 January 1775 ■ The five act play is the Masterpiece of Sheridan. ■ The plot centeres on the two young lovers, Lydia and Jack. ■ The plot is complex but not overwhelming intricate or powerful in construction. The Rivals is perhaps the most durable of english stage comedies. ■ Clearly this comedy lacks real moral seriousness high asthmatic design. ■ The term “ Malapropism” was coined in reference to the character in this play.

7. ■ The school for Scandal : ■ The excellent example oF Comedy of manners and most famous “ Social comedy” in English language. ■ In this play Sheridan revealed the selfishness, envy,hypocrisy of the society of the time. ■ I think the Purpose of the play is to satirize the manners and affections of upper class, and moat of the characters change little from the start of the play until the end. ■ It is blatant attack on the superficiality of the upper class pointing up their lack of morals and misplaced attention. ■ In this play we find that all characteristic of a Restoration comedy such as Satire, Love, intrigue, scandal mongering, Craze for fashion and extravagance Indindebtedness etc.

8. ■ The Critic (1781) : ■ Full title : “The critic, or a tragedy Rehearsed” ■ Burlesque drama in three acts by Sheridan produced in Drury Lane London 1779. ■ Pizarro :(1799) ■ In this work Sheridan made a strong anti- colonial message. He made statements regarding the English mistreatment of Ireland and India throughout his political career. ■ The Camp (1778) ■ The play gently satirised the preparation of the British to organise home defence during the American war. It focuses on a military camp England. ■ The Duenna : (1775) ■ One of the most successful operas ever staged in England.

9. ■ Style of writing : ● Satirize affected manners of sophisticated society. ● His drama reflect the humour with gentle morality and sentimentality. ● Richards talent for sparking dialogue and farce . ● His play are frequently noted for a lackof incisiveness and psychological depth . ● The plot revolve around the love affairs , which takes the form of a pitched battle with words as a weapon .

10. Oliver Goldsmith Born: 10th November 1730 Death: 04th April 1774 He was undoubtedly one of the greatest poets, dramatists, playwrights and novelist of his time. He took up several menial jobs before hitting it right being a hack writer for a publisher in London. He is reckoned till date are ‘The vicar of wakefield’, ‘the Deserted village’, ‘good natur’d Man’ and ‘She stoops to conquer’. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vUdQOLk1qBrSfY6AZ7zkFHOdCw9EtW6npiw2IPWR3r8/edit?usp=drivesdk

11. # childhood and early life: There is no specific information as to when was Oliver Goldsmith actually born. Born in an American Irish family his father was a curator of the parish of fargney. It was when young Goldsmith turned two that his father attained the service of the rector of the Parish of “Kilkenny west” in country Westmeath which resulted in the family shifting base to the parsonage at lissoy. # Career : He study medicine at the University of Edinburgh but without much interest. Letter on, he set on a walking tour moving across Flanders, France, Switzerland and northern Italy.

12. In 1756, he settled in London for an apothecary’s assistant and an usher of a school. He contributed as a hack writer for a publisher in London. He often used the pseudonym James Willingdon during the early days of his writing. In 1758, he published the translation of the autobiography of ‘Huguenot Jean Martalhe.’ In 1765, he come up with also lines romantic ballad titled ‘The Hermit’. # Personal life and legacy : He died prematurely in 1774 due to his self-misdiagnosis of his kidney infection. Posthumously, the place where he lived has a lane and a school named after him Several statues dedicated to him have been built and stanza as the testimony of his greatness as a writer.

13. Works of Oliver Goldsmith # Dramatic works: The Good Natur’d man: A comedy (1768) Epilogue to the sister: A comedy by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox (1769) Prologue to zobeide: A Tragedy, by Joseph cradock (1771) She stoops to conquer: Or, The mistakes of a Night: A comedy (1773) The Grumbler ( An adaptation by Oliver Goldsmith) # Journalism: Contributions to The Monthly Review (1757-58: 1763) Contributions to The Bee (1759) Contributions to The Critical Review (1759-60; 1763)

14. 4. Contributions to The British Magazine (1760) 5 . Contributions to The Lady’s Magazine; or polite companion for the fair sex (1760-61) 6. Contributions to The Westminster magazine (1773) 7. Contributions to The Public Leader (1760-61) # Other prose works: An Enquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe (1759) The citizon of the world: or, letters from a Chinese philosopher, 2 vols (1762) The life of Richard Nash (1762) The mystery Revealed (1762)

15. 5. An History of England in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son, 2 vols (1664) Preface and introduction Vol 2 6. Essays,. By Mr Goldsmith (1765) 7. The Roman History (1769) 8. The life of Henry St. John, lord viscount Bolingbroke (1770) 9. The Life of Thomas Parnell (1770) 10. The History of England (1771) 11. Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman History, Abridged by Himself for the use of schools (1772) 12. An Abridgement of the History of England (1774) 13. An History of the Earth and A nimated Nature (1774) 14. Grecian History (1774) 15. The vicar of Wakefield : A Tale (1776)

16. # Poetical works : Edwin and Angelina, A Ballad (1765) The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society: A poem (1765) Poems for young Ladies, [ed. By Goldsmith] (1767) The Deserted Village: A poem (1774) Retaliation: A poem (1774) The Miscellaneous works of Dr. Goldsmith (1775) The Haunch of venison: a Poetical Epistle to lord Clare (1776) # Letters : A collection of letters Letter to St James’s Chronicle (5 July 1767)

17. # Main works : The vicar of wakefield: Supposed to be written by himself- Is a novel by Irish writer: It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18 th - century novels among Victorians. Structure of the Novel: The book consists of 32 Chapters which fall into three parts: • Chapter 1-3: beginning • Chapter 4-29: main part • Chapter 30-32: ending

18. (2) She stoops to conquer: Is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English – speaking world. Comedy in five act. The main theme is appearance VS reality. (3) The Traveller; Or, A Prospect of Society (1764) : Is a philosophical poem. In heroic verse of an Augustan style it discusses the cause of happiness and unhappiness in nation. It was the work which first made Goldsmith’s name and is still considered a classic of Mid-18th-century poetry.

19. The Traveller was first published on 19 December 1764 by John Newbury, though the year was given on the imprint as 1765. It is a long poem in timed, couplets, giving a survay and criticism of the social life of various countries in Europe, and reflects many of Goldsmith’s own wandering and impressions. It was the first of Goldsmith’s books to feature his name on the title – page.

20. Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan https://www.enotes.com/topics/richard-brinsley-sheridan http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/goldsmith/goldsmithbib.php https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Goldsmith-Anglo-Irish-author

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