The GATE Grind

GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 32

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Lyrical Ballads, considered to be the manifesto of Romantic Poetry, was first published in the year ________.

  1. 1795
  2. 1797
  3. 1789
  4. 1798

Practise this question in The GATE Grind →

Show answer and explanation

Correct answer: (D) 1798

Explanation

Wordsworth and Coleridge published Lyrical Ballads in 1798.