Book of Ezra

GENERAL ENGLISH Continuous Internal Assessment-III SUMMARY Author Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre. Although he came from a privileged Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he…

Sierra Crites Allison Kirkman, Instructor AP Literature and Composition/Poetry Final Essay 05 February 2018 Vivid Imagery, Diction, and Tone in Wilfred Owen's "Dulce Et Decorum Est" Wilfred Edward Salter Owen is one of Britain's most famous war poets, despite his few published works in his short lifetime ("Wilfred Owen"). Born on March 18, 1893, in Oswestry, Shropshire, Owen lived a remarkably uninteresting life. He spent his first few years after graduation in technical work. Owen, interested…

Author T.S. Eliot’s Influence on American Literary History Author T.S. Eliot, was an American-English poet, playwriter, literary critic, an editor and was a major contributor and leader of the Modernist movement in poetry. From his works like “The Waste Land” and then the what some call sequel “The Hollow Men,” Eliot’s style of writing not only had a huge influence on American literary history but also influenced many other writers such as Derek Walcott and Kamau Brathwaite. After reading some…

Three quarters of a century have passed since the death of Irish writer James Joyce, and while he is today regarded amongst the literati as the quintessential Modernist writer, and one of the giants of Western literature, we cannot fault Eliot for his division; he could not then have known the tremendous and unquestionable influence of Joyce on the corpus of English language literature and the philosophy of the Modernist Project. Considered from the perspective of the established Western Canon,…

Arising out of a rebellious mood, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time where many writers broke away from tradition by using modernism to take a radical approach on the way society viewed modern literature (Modernism/literature.com). Experimentation and individualism became virtues, where before they were looked down upon. Modernism was set in motion after a series of cultural shocks. The first of these great shocks was the Great War, known now as World War One. At the time, this “War…

Verlaine also was a symbolist who added a great contribution to the development of symbolism. He was more concerned with mood rather than meaning, and he believed himself the most powerful of all the decadent, that was clear when he quotes “I am the empire at the end of the decadence”. Paul was imbued by the works of baudlére especially in his work “the flower of evil” that encouraged him to write, and he was also considered a decadent. Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud as decadents reacted to…

Robert Lee Frost is a well-known American poet who has won a congressional medal of honor and over 40 honorary degrees, all without ever finishing college. Robert’s career kicked off when he decided to live in England for a while. His love for England inspired Robert to publish, “A Boy’s Will” and “North Boston”. By the time Robert came back to America, he was considered, “1920’s most celebrated poet in America” and to this day, his poems are still being taught in high schools and colleges…

The Dubliners Dilemma, a one-man-show devised and performed by Declan Gorman. James Joyce’s “Dubliners” was a long time in finding a publisher. An early potential publisher had been one Grant Richards. He was nervous about publishing because he feared it would open him and his firm, given the scandalous content of some of the stories, to prosecution by the powers that be. However about eight years after initially rejecting it, Grant Richards did agree to publish it in 1914. Adaptations of…

Eliot is cited to be a christian but references to Hindu holy books in The Waste…

The Prosperity of Carlos Drummond de Andrade There are many admirable poets in this world that deserve recognition, and one of these fascinating poets is named Carlos Drummond De Andrade. He’s considered to be one of the most accomplished and influential poets of the mid-20th-century in Brazil (Drummond). He’s connected to many readers all around the world and quickly became one of the best known modernists in the country of Brazil. Drummond’s realistic themes reflected his concern with modern…