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Study Guide ... Brave New World: notes
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Study Guide… is a collection of notes that introduce students – and not only students – to poems, novels or plays written in English. They facilitate learning supplying the most important information about literary works and so fostering their comprehension.
The first part of the Study Guide about Brave New World describes briefly the historical, social and literary background of the period in which the book was written and some biographical notes about the author, Aldous Huxley. The second part focuses on the work and deals with sources, setting, characters, commentary, critical approach, possible adaptations for theatre, cinema or television and further notes.
The first part of the Study Guide about Brave New World describes briefly the historical, social and literary background of the period in which the book was written and some biographical notes about the author, Aldous Huxley. The second part focuses on the work and deals with sources, setting, characters, commentary, critical approach, possible adaptations for theatre, cinema or television and further notes.
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
The 20th century - history
historical background
From 1906 to the 1st World War
Home Policy. It was a period of moderate rule and great social reforms under George V. 1906: The Liberal Party wins the general elections.
1911: The money Bill is signed1912: The National Insurance Scheme is approved; it assures the workers a sum against sickness and unemployment
Foreign Policy - Ireland gets the Home rule (an independent Parliament) but the Protestants in Ulster do not want to be included in the scheme. The Sinn Fein (in Celtic language: ourselves alone) is created by the Catholics.
1916: at Easter, the members of the Sinn Fein rebel in Dublin calling complete independence, but they are defeated and executed (Easter Rising). Subsequently they form an Army, the Irish Republican Army or IRA that uses terrorist methods. The English parliament decides not to move directly against them because it understands the
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