Updated July 2, 2022 It is extremely insightful to see Dryden in ‘Lives of Poets’ composed by Samuel Johnson. Samuel has credit of being the first lexicographer of the English language. He was the most dominating figure in the literary and cultural domain of England in the second half of the 18th century. Under ‘Lives … Read more

Updated October 10, 2022 Victorian Prose characterizes the Victorian Age during which English literature evolved very remarkably. Victorian age was an era of great political, social, economic and religious activities. While, this age stood witness to the growing economic rift between the poor and the rich, the scientific discoveries and inventions shook the faith of … Read more

Updated October 10, 2022 The Romantic Prose is often characterized by nature, solitude, missing realism, supernaturalism, spirituality etc. similar to Romantic poetry. The era of the early 19th century was of political, social, economic & religious upheavals. Politically, it was a transition from aristocratic rule to democracy. Socially, it was an era of unrest because … Read more

Updated October 10, 2022 The development of English Novel owes immensely to the contributions of women novelists and those of 19th century especially. Although, a number of outstanding women novelists in the 18th century enriched this genre of literature, the trend gathered momentum in the 19th century. In the particular, Victorian Era. More and more … Read more

Updated October 10, 2022 The work of Victorian Novelists is characterized by certain elements on account prevailing socio- economic factors at the time. Factually, the novels of the Victorian Age witnessed the complexities and social evils of the era. And, it was the sweeping socio-economic changes and social forces that motivated the complexities of the … Read more

Updated October 10, 2022 Literature mirrors the society and, the literature of Victorian era is no exception on that note. Almost every writer of the Victorian Age show up with elements of social, political religious and economic environment surrounding. Some of them are so deep into these aspects of life that they appear to be … Read more

Updated July 4, 2022 Romantic Age Novelists and their Novels are characterized by escapist urge off realism, imagination and glorification of nature. Austen, Edgeworth & Scott were the leading face of the fictional prose work. And, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Talisman, The absentee were popular novels of the time. The scientific discoveries and … Read more

Updated July 3, 2022 The Oxford movement in English literature started during the Victorian Era. It was the movement of High Church members who wanted to reinstate some older Christian traditions. Indeed, it was fundamentally religious in nature. As the movement resorted to extensive use of literature, the works reflect religious dimensions. And, probably because … Read more

Updated June 24, 2022 The Pre-Raphaelite Poetry is a radical poetry stream of Victorian age led by Rossetti (s), Morris and Swinburne. The beauty, art, loveliness and mysticism alone were the poetic lines of Pre-Raphaelite Poetry, contrary to the multifarious real-life dimensions of the Victorian poetry. The Victorian Poetry laid special emphasis on questioning the … Read more

Updated June 11, 2022 Often regarded as the representative of his age, Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) is one of the most prolific poets of the Victorian Age. He was appointed as the Poet Laureate after Wordsworth in 1850. Alfred Tennyson has written many remarkable poems such as as ‘In Memoria’ (1850), ‘Ulysses’ (1842), ‘Idylls of … Read more