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…
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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…
John Banville (1945- ) is an Irish novelist, short story writer. He was born in Wexford, where he received his secondary education at St Peter’s College. He worked successively as…
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was a satirist, essayist, and poet, the son of a London glass merchant, though brought up by his mother. He had published two volumes of verse…
The term “burlesque” derives from the Italian burlesco, from burla, ‘ridicule’ or joke’. Burlesque is a literary, dramatic, or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of…