1. 1901-1950 KELSI NORUS GRACE PRETRE ERICA PARK Modernism

2. Events in British Literature 1902-Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, published 1914-James Joyce begins writing controversial novel novel Ulysses (to 1920) 1921-T.S. Eliot writes groundbreaking long poem The Wasteland. 1922-Katherine Mansfield’s The Ground Party and Other Stories published; Virginia Woolf’s experimental Jacob’s Room published. 1932-Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World published 1934-Dylan Thomas publishes Eighteen Poems. 1940-W.H. Auden publishes poem “Music des Beaux Arts” 1941-Depression and despair drive Woolf to suicide. 1945-George Orwell publishes classic anti-utopian fable, Animal Farm; Elizabeth Bowen publishes short-story collection The Demon Lover 1949-Orwell publishes 1984, nightmarish version of future totalitarian England

3. Events in Britain 1901- Queen Victoria dies and is succeeded by son Edward VII 1903- Emmeline Pankhurst founds Women’s Social and Political Union 1907- Britain, France and Russia form alliance known as Triple Entente 1910- Edward VII dies and is succeeded by son George V 1912- More than 1,500 drown when Titanic sinks in the Atlantic 1914- Britain enters World War I 1918- British women over 30 allowed to vote 1932- At depth of global depression, British unemployment rate is 23% 1936- George V dies; son Edward VIII renounces throne; Edward’s younger brother becomes king as George VI 1939- Britain joins France in declaring war on Germany 1940- Britain suffers daily German bombing but is unconquered in Battle of Britain (to 1941)

4. World Events 1901-1909 Teddy Roosevelt is elected President of the US 1905 Russian Revolution 1908 Henry Ford Invents Model T Car 1914-1918 WWI 1936-1939 Civil War in Spain 1939-1945 WWII