Kalyan Pattanayak
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Poetry
Tintern Abbey—by Wordsworth
Introduction This poem appeared in the Lyrical Ballads published in 1798. Wordsworth writes: “No poem of mine was composed under…
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History of English Literature
Who were the University Wits?
University Wits is a term invented by literary historians to identify a handful of writers, some well known, others less…
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Poetry
The Unknown Citizen
Introduction During the 1920s and 30s, many American writers left the states to become expatriates overseas, particularly in Europe. Ernest…
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Poetry
The Second Coming By- William Butler Yeats
“The Second Coming” Summary The speaker describes a nightmarish scene: the falcon, turning in a widening “gyre” (spiral), cannot…
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Prose
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Context Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton in Dorset, a rural region of southwestern England…
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Drama
The Importance of Being Earnest
Context Oscar Wilde, celebrated playwright and literary provocateur, was born in Dublin on October 16, 1854. He was educated…
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Poetry
The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary One spring day, the Narrator of The Canterbury Tales rents a room at the Tabard Inn before he recommences his…
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History of English Literature
Victorian women novelists
“A Women is a foreign land”— Coventry Patmore: The Angel in the House After the flourishing of women’s writing towards…
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Poetry
Paradise Lost / Summary
Milton’s epic poem opens on the fiery lake of hell, where Satan and his army of fallen angels find themselves…
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