English literature

The Restoration Era was from 1660 to 1785, and there were many significant events that took place during the time period, such as: Charles II became King, the Great Fire destroyed most of London, the English Parliament enacted Penal Laws, the Boston Tea Party occurred, and the American Revolution began. Meanwhile, writers of the Restoration Era, such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, focused their writings on the trend of satire, verbal irony, and also parody. Jonathan Swift and Alexander…

The proliferation of print enabled English society to gain more readers, but this reading public was caused by the sudden rise in the literacy rate amongst the lower class. As authors such as William Cobbett demand a certain method to be placed upon the act of reading and the type of literature to be read for the people, it suggests their disregard for the potential reading prowess in the emerging lower class readers as well as their attempt to subdue the power the population holds over writers…

Thomas Foster, an English professor, desired to write a book that delivered explanations for what the professor thinks when he or she reads versus that which a student brings to mind in regards to connections made when reading a work of literature. From this desire Foster wrote “How to Read Like A Professor.” In each chapter, Foster describes specific tools and strategies authors have used in the past and continue to put into practice. These strategies are employed by writers as a means to…

of the Story The answers to the following questions can help to establish the context of the story. • Who wrote the fiction? Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who got an award from the Nobel which is “Prize for Literature” in 1928 (Wikipedia). According to nobleprize.org, her father’s Family is came from Østerdalen and they were one of the first settler in Grytdalen in the Sollien valley of the river Atna. Undset’s father, Ingvald Martin Undset, got his…

impact on literature. Not only has the romantic period shaped the way poetry is viewed but has caused an everlasting ripple social effect. As they say, the economy is nothing without the workers. The influential work of the Romantic poets such as William Blake challenges the cultural and political normalities of the 17th century. The movement encouraged expression and individuality.The Romantic Period and therefore the poet William Blake is a necessity to the 'The Best Poems of the English…

Literature unites everything that I find exhilarating about life, most of my free time is 2 taken up with reading and creating my own stories which I share with friends and family. To 3 me, Literature and the written word are humankind's greatest accomplishment, which is why I am 4 determined to devote my life to its study. I am not content with simply reading a text, as I 5 have a hunger to learn everything I can about what I read - how it was written; why it was 6…

Literature has the amazing ability to convey a culture in different ways. Through the development of Irish culture, literature was able to follow closely behind. Leading this was Jonathan Swift and Antoine Raftery and even though both were widely known, there is a difference in their works and how they influenced authors like W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In order to properly reflect on these differences it is necessary to first provide the respected backgrounds of these authors. To begin,…

wheels of the Indian English novelist. The other three are Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the most famous amid the older generation of Indian English novelists. He was born on the 10th of November, 1906 in Bhagalpur (Bihar). Bhabani Bhattacharya belonged to an educated family. He had his schooling at Puri and joined Patna Univer¬sity for his undergraduate studies. After taking his Bachelor’s degree with Honours in English Literature in 1927, he left for…

and I can speak fluently english, and bengali etc. However, our society mostly holds up spaces for literacy as reading and writing only. The biggest hurdle that I have encountered in my ability to write are my learning disabilities. All these years of my life, this hurdle caused frustration. I never understood how and why I could not even sit down to write a paper or jot down ideas when my classmates or my cousins were doing their essays in the span of a couple hours. English is my ultimate…

Czeslaw Milosz is a poet and has been awarded many prizes for literature. Milosz is looked up to by other poets. He has also written nonfiction books. These nonfiction books reflect his experiences during the Holocaust. The Holocaust plays a part in why he views man as destructive. He is very respected when it comes to Polish literature. His poems have been translated into English by other poets who respect his work. Czeslaw Milosz’s poem “Unde Malum” is a deep poem reflecting his views on how…