John Dryden (1631–1700) occupies a seminal place in English critical history. Samuel Johnson called him “the father of English criticism,” and affirmed of his Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668) that “modern English prose begins here.” Dryden’s critical work was extensive, treating… Read More ›
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Analysis of John Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe
Although a first authorized published edition of Mac Flecknoe; or, A satyr upon the True-Blue-Protestant Poet, T.S. by John Dryden appeared in Miscellaney Poems in 1684, it had been circulated in unapproved versions since 1682. Critics cannot pinpoint the year… Read More ›
Analysis of John Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel
John Dryden’s publication of Absalom and Achitophel (1681) had a specific political motivation. He wrote the poem during the threat of revolution in England, connected to the so-called Popish plot and the move to exclude the reigning King Charles II’s… Read More ›
Analysis of John Dryden’s The Hind and the Panther
John Dryden wrote The Hind and the Panther (1687) in order to contribute to an ongoing dispute between Protestant and Catholic factions. While his exact date of conversion from devotion to the Church of England to Catholicism remains uncertain, it… Read More ›
Analysis of John Dryden’s Alexander’s Feast
John Dryden wrote his second ode (1697) in celebration of St. Cecilia’s Day, Alexander’s Feast; Or the Power of Music, 10 years after his first tribute, A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day. Set to music by Jeremiah Clarke, it became… Read More ›
Analysis of John Dryden’s Annus Mirabilis
With Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666 John Dryden published his first major nondramatic poem, and his last major poem utilizing the heroic quatrain format. In addition to its subtitle, The Year of Wonders, 1666, the work contained an… Read More ›
Analysis of John Dryden’s Plays
In a period of just over thirty years (1663-1694), John Dryden (August 9, 1631 – May 12, 1700) wrote or coauthored twenty-eight plays, an output that made him the most prolific dramatist of his day. His amplitude remains even more remarkable… Read More ›
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English Poetry in the Seventeenth Century
A question that can be asked of any century’s poetry is whether it owes its character to “forces”—nonliterary developments to which the poets respond more or less sensitively—or whether, on the other hand, the practice of innovative and influential poets… Read More ›
Kerala PSC Collegiate Education Lecturer in English Syllabus
Extra Ordinary Gazette Date: 11.12.2019 Last Date : 15.01.2020 English – Category No. 287/2019 From Early English Literature to 18th century Module 1 For detailed study John Donne – Batter My Heart, Canonization Milton – Lycidas, Paradise Lost – Book… Read More ›
Analysis of T.S. Eliot’s Metaphysical Poets
There are a handful of indisputable influences on Eliot’s early and most formative period as a poet, influences that are corroborated by the poet’s own testimony in contemporaneous letters and subsequent essays on literature and literary works. Foremost among those… Read More ›
University of Calicut M.A. English Literature Materials
University of Calicut M.A. English Literature Materials
ENG1CO1 British Literature from Chaucer to 18th Century
CUCET English Answer Key 2019
Answer Key CUCET English (PG) PART B 26. (C) Morality plays A type of allegory in which the protagonist is met by personifications of various moral attributes who try to prompt him or her to choose a good life over… Read More ›
Analysis of Aphra Behn’s The Rover
With Mrs. Behn we turn a very important corner on the road. We leave behind, shut up in their parks among their folios, those solitary great ladies who wrote without audience or criticism, for their own delight alone. We come… Read More ›
Analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
The place of the Oedipus Tyrannus in literature is something like that of the Mona Lisa in art. Everyone knows the story, the first detective story of Western literature; everyone who has read or seen it is drawn into its… Read More ›
Solved Paper Mock Test 2 UGC NTA NET JRF English
PDF MOCK TEST 2 UGC NTA NET JRF English Exam Solved Paper All questions are compulsory and each carry equal marks. Time 35 Minutes 1. Which of the following statements on Pathetic Fallacy is NOT TRUE? (A) This term applies to… Read More ›
Analysis of George Chapman’s Poems
George Chapman’s (1559–1634) poetry is unusually diversified. It does not reveal a consistent individual style, technique, or attitude, so that an initial reading does not immediately divulge a single creative mind at work. A skilled experimenter, Chapman tried the Metaphysical… Read More ›
Literary Criticism of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
The French poet, satirist, and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) had a pervasive influence not only on French letters (of the old-fashioned kind) but also on English and German poets and critics. His L’Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry), first published… Read More ›
Analysis of T. S. Eliot’s Plays
T. S. Eliot’s conservative dramaturgy is clearly expressed in his 1928 essay “Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry” in which he suggests that “genuine drama” displays “a tension between liturgy and realism.” To be sure, Eliot differed sharply from the advocates of… Read More ›
Analysis of Alexander Pope’s Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Alexander Pope spent some time considering the choice of form for his late-career rebuttal of those who had most demeaned him in print. He selected a poetic letter, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (1734), which later critics would deem a rhetorical… Read More ›
