Irony implies the contrast between what is apparent and what is actual. This is a literary device that reveals the grim reality underlying a romantic or attractive façade of a…
Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga?
The epigraph of the poem Marina by T. S. Eliot is taken from Seneca’s tragedy Hercules Furens. The Latin words—“Quis hic locus, quae…
Roger Ascham (1515-68) was a distinguished scholar in Latin and classical languages. Ascham was born in Yorkshire and entered Cambridge University at the age of fourteen. He completed his bachelor’s…
George Borrow(1803–1881) was an English novelist and travel writer. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Norwich Grammar School. He was articled to a solicitor but after editing…
Amatory fiction, also known as romance fiction or romantic literature, refers to a genre of literature that focuses on love, relationships, and emotional connections between characters. It explores themes of…
Definition:
Deus ex machina, a Latin phrase meaning “god from the machine,” refers to a narrative device or plot device in storytelling where a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly…
Pleasure is no inconvenient word. This simply implies anything that may confer happiness and delight. Musical performance, horse
racing, cinema show, and any similar performance may definitely form pleasure. This gives…
In the course of his discussion of the characteristic charge of coldness against the English nature, Forster’s notes have made one more
observation. This is an Englishman’s usual attitude towards criticism.…
Charles Lamb’s “The Superannuated Man” deals with the experiences of a clerk, his sufferings and anxieties during the long thirty-six years of his life as an accounts clerk, and also…