Elizabethan Age
Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Introduction According to M.H. Abrams, Elizabethan Age in the history of Britain refers to “the period of the reign of Elizabeth I” from 1558 to 1603. However, the term “Elizabethan,” is often...
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Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale
The Knight’s Tale Chaucers’s The Knight’s Tale is a story about two brave knights, Palamon and Arcite, competing for love, honour, and fate. Key Facts Title: The Knight’s Tale Authorship: written by Chaucer; first...
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath My life, I feel, will not be lived until there are books and stories which relive it perpetually in time. The above line is from Sylvia Plath’s journals called “The Unabridged Journals...
Geoffrey Chaucer – Biography
Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer, I confess, is a rough Diamond; and must first be polish’d e’er he shines. —John Dryden Life and Works Geoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340 into a distinguished commercial family....
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot relates the experiences of two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon who spend their time waiting by a tree for the arrival of a mysterious character named Godot. Introduction...
Symbolist Movement
Symbolist Movement In a significant work by Arthur Symons, titled “The Symbolist Movement in Literature” (1899), he characterized the movement as a reaction against realism and naturalism and as an attempt to “spiritualize literature.”...
Aristotle’s Concept of Tragedy
Aristotle’s Concept of Tragedy In his work “Poetics,” Aristotle outlines the fundamental principles of artistic composition. Among other literary forms, he particularly emphasizes on the elements of tragic composition, i.e. Tragedy, providing insights and...
Le Morte d’Arthur
Le Morte d’Arthur Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur is a medieval prose work that chronicles the legendary tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The work revolves around the...
Mulk Raj Anand: Life and Works
Mulk Raj Anand: Life and Works Mulk Raj Anand is amongst the pioneer Indo-English novelists, alongwith R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. He is known for his commitment for meportraying the struggles and injustices faced...