Who among the following coined the term ‘The movement’?
Correct Answer :
J.D. Scott
Solution :
The correct option is J.D. Scott.
Explanation:
The term "The Movement" was coined by the literary editor J.D. Scott in an unsigned article in The Spectator in October 1954.
It was used to describe a group of British writers, including Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie, D.J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings, Thom Gunn, and Robert Conquest, who shared a common anti-romantic, rational, and ironic approach to poetry and literature during the 1950s.
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