History And Literature: In 1855 J. H. Newman, then rector of the Catholic University at Dublin, called him to the chair of geograph and modern history and literature and later the department of English literature was assigned him. His original works comprise lectures On Subjects of Ancient and Modern history and literature (1859) ; On Subjects of Modern history and literature and Biography (1864) ; On the Life, Writings and Times of Edmund Burke (1869), together with poetry and translations.
ROBERTS, SIR Charles George Douglas,Canadian poet and author: b. Douglas, York County, N. B., Jan. 10, 1860; d. Toronto, Ont, Nov. 26, 1943. A leading figure in the emergence of a national literature after the confederation of the Canadian colonies into the Dominion, Sir Charles was also the first Canadian to be knighted (1935) for his contributions to literature. A voluminous writer, he was the author of 67 books of poetry, fiction, history and literature and biography.
This view of the historical position of the 15th and 16th centuries was accepted by the historians of the age of the Enlightenment. The Renaissance meant primarily a cultural revival, and in interpreting it the chief emphasis was put upon artistic and literary history and literature. Voltaire in his Essai sur les Moeurs (1756) counted four great ages in the history and literature of human endeavor: Periclean Greece, Augustan Rome, Renaissance Italy, and the France of Louis XIV. In the 19th century, however, this view of the Renaissance as primarily a period of significance in the history and literature of the fine arts and literature was suddenly broadened.
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