Updated June 18, 2022 Kubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment is a poem, with wide fame. and Coleridge. It was completed in 1797, but published in 1816. According Coleridge’s Preface to Kubla Khan, he said that he composed this poem after a night experienced of Opium-influenced dream after reading a work … Read more
Updated August 18, 2023 The 18th Century English Literature has a unique place in European literary space. Mathew Arnold, the great poet and critic of the Victorian Age sums up the 18th century in English Literature as “The Age of Prose and Reason, our excellent and indispensable 18th century”. In this way, Arnold asserts two … Read more
Updated June 26, 2022 The Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that covers horror, death and at times romances. The Gothic fiction enjoyed its heyday from 1762-1820. The genre influenced the main course of English fiction in a surprising number of ways and inspired the sensational writers of today. It is however, surprising to … Read more
Updated February 25, 2023 The Reason, rationality, satire, nature and heroic couplet characterizes the Age of Pope (1700-1750) and names after Alexander Pope, the prolific poet of the time. It is a fact that literature reflects society of the age and 18th century is no exception in that sense. Precisely, the political & social changes … Read more
Updated June 29, 2022 Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Lawrence Sterne, and Tobias Smollett are known to be four Wheels of English Novel. Further, Henry Fielding is also considered the father of English novel. It’s important to know why the experts are of such a view. In a first, all the four were great writers and … Read more
Updated June 29, 2022 The Picaresque Novels are a genre of prose fiction, that revolves around the adventures of a roguish, but appealing hero, belonging to low social order. Typically, a Picaresque novel has a realistic outlook but, also includes comedy and satire in their loose plot. Usual, narration of the Picaresque genre is in … Read more
Updated August 7, 2022 Could you guess as why periodical essay came into being as special genre of prose writing? If not, let me overstate that these essays were an elegant piece of writing to appeal middle class of England in 18th Century. These periodical articles for journals aimed changes in social conduct and reformation … Read more
Updated June 27, 2022 Arguably, the evolution of English literature started much before but, you can find Prose dominance in 18th Century. And, there were many factors responsible including socio- economic & political conditions of the society of the time. Precisely, these are the very factors that impact writing of any age and that literature … Read more
Updated July 1, 2022 Padma Shri Keki N Daruwalla, an ex- IPS, a poet & story writer, has great contributions to the literary space of Indian English. A multi talent, Keki widened the scope of Indian English poetry and enriched it in a variety of ways. Literary Canvas of Daruwalla transcends the national boundary as … Read more
Updated July 2, 2022 “A Modest Proposal ..” is a satirical essay by Jonathan Swift which seeks attacking British Policy towards Irish Citizen and bashing mercantilism of the Age. On the face, though it suggests that the poor Irish might ease their financial stress by selling their young ones as commodity. A Modest Proposal was … Read more