Kalyan Pattanayak
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Poetry
Musée des Beaux Arts —W H AUDEN
ABOUT THE POEM: The basic premise of the poem is response to tragedy. The title refers to the Museum…
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Drama
King Lear By William Shakespeare
Summary King Lear opens with a conversation between the earls of Kent and Gloucester, in which the audience learns that…
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Drama
Doctor Faustus
Key Facts full title · Published initially as The Tragicall History of D. Faustus, then as The Tragicall History…
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Prose
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man : James Joyce
Context James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in the town of Rathgar, near Dublin, Ireland. He was the…
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Drama
A Doll’s House: Summary
Henrik Ibsen Key Facts full title · A Doll’s House author · Henrik Ibsen type of work · Play genre · Realistic, modern…
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History of English Literature
Old English Period
Timeline: c.410: Roman legions withdrew from Britain (in Latin: Britannia) 449: Jutes (from Denmark) occupied Kent (south-east England) under Hengest…
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