Preface to Shakespeare By Dr. Samuel Johnson Introduction Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare (1765) stands as a timeless piece of literary criticism where he transcends his political, personal, religious, and literary biases to objectively...
Below is a brief summary of the Life of John Dryden as presented in Samuel Johnson’s Lives of Poets. Johnson begins by calling Dryden “the great poet.” Dryden was deeply respected by his contemporaries...
INTRODUCTION TO NOVEL 💬 So, let’s first understand what is a Novel. The term “novel” refers to an extended narrative of varying lengths, but usually long enough to be published as a separate book....
Matthew Arnold described 18th century as “the age of prose and reason.” The Enlightenment movement stressed on the significance of reason, common sense, wit and intelligent and shaped the tone of much of the...
