Origin
A number of early Elizabethan poems and songs were printed and published together by one printer, Mr. Richard Tottel, under the title Songes and Sonnettes, written by the ryght…
Background of Magna Carta
After the sudden death of his brother Richard, John became the king of England without any difficulty. He was, however, oppressive and selfish and hardly did…
Characteristics of Tragic Plot:
According to Aristotle, the ideal tragic plot has certain major chief characteristics and they are given below –
(1) It imitates ‘a serious action’, and not a…
The Dramatic Monologue is one of the most fascinating poetic forms in English literature. It is a poem in which a single character, distinct from the poet, speaks to a…
Caesura is a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm of the language and/or enforced by punctuation.
A line may have more than one caesura,…
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…
The Stationers’ Register, also known as the Stationers’ Company Register, was a historic record maintained by the Worshipful Company of Stationers, a London guild of printers, booksellers, and publishers. The…