Distinctive features of Anglo-Saxon prose go way back into history. Many believe that the Anglo-Saxon invaders of Britain brought with them their old poetry; however, there is no evidence of them having possessed any literary prose tradition. Therefore, the development of Old English prose does not go back to the earlier Germanic origin, as poetry … Read more
William Shakespeare wrote several romantic comedies, of which As You Like It is the finest. A romantic comedy is a play in which the romantic elements are mingled with comic elements. Although it is a pastoral comedy play, As You Like It works fine as a romantic comedy in its essence. While the romantic elements like delight and thrill … Read more
Sir Roger De Coverley appears in about 35 essays out of 555 published essays in the Spectator. Joseph Addison, who cofounded the Spectator with Richard Steele, described several characters in these essays, but his most significant character is Sir Roger De Coverley. Papers that cover Sir Roger De Coverley are known as The Coverley Papers. The essays in … Read more
V. S. Naipaul established his novel A Bend in the River in an unnamed African country that has just achieved its independence from the then European thrall. Naipaul shows that independence has removed the hope of eliminating ignorance. The people are no more genuine, they have become greedy and selfish, and their cultural identities are at stake … Read more
Wordsworth is highly renowned as a poet of nature. Tintern Abbey is one of his representative poems revealing a more profound philosophy and unified expression of his thoughts about nature. The poem is Wordsworth’s testimony to the change of his attitude towards nature. The poet has described the outer world in a highly emotional tone, … Read more
“The whole poem represents the passage from youth to maturity— from feelings of self-pity to compassion of all mankind.” Robert L. Cox, The Explicator, University Of South Carolina, Volume 19, Issue 6, March 1961. William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” portrays his sheer intimacy with nature since his early childhood, … Read more
Moby-Dick is an engaging story of a man’s heroic pursuit and fights with a white whale. Nevertheless, the novel has a deeper meaning. One can interpret an allegorical purpose by delving into Captain Ahab’s epic journey of hunting Moby Dick. Ahab’s unstoppable quest for the white whale depicts a forceful human nature to conquer the evil of the … Read more
