William Archer (1856–1924) was a Scottish writer, drama critic, and translator. He was born in Perth, Scotland, and educated at Edinburgh University. He spent periods of his boyhood with his…
Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860) was an Anglo-Irish historian, writer, feminist, and traveller. She was born in Dublin. She began her adult life as a governess. Her friendship with the Fanny…
Early Life and Education
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish writer and novelist. Born on January 1, 1768, she was the eldest daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), a wealthy Irish landlord…
Maud Gonne, the poet’s beloved woman, a staunch Irish revolutionist, is not named, but she is the only talked personality in the poem No Second Troy by W.B.Yeats. The woman (‘her’), referred…
The Ruin or The Ruined Burg is usually claimed to be one of the most memorable productions of Anglo-Saxon poetic inspiration. It stands out as a most representative piece of Anglo-Saxon elegies,…
Layamon was an English poet of the late 12th century. His poem Brut is one of the chief sources of the matter of Britain in the metrical romances of the Middle…
Sartor Resartus is Thomas Carlyle’s original work, written in 1833 and 1834. The work is deeply personal and could be viewed as an allegorical autobiography, despite its Germanic method and…
The Wedding-guest plays a vital role in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and makes the poem much more dramatic. Structurally, he reinforces the dramatic element. Thematically, he…
The Sources of the Poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(1) The central idea of the poem was suggested by Wordsworth. The idea is a very old one, being found in…
“Sons and Lovers” is “A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngman” by D.H.Lawrence. In it, he transmutes autobiography into objective fiction and organizes his accounts of a potential artist…