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Toru Dutt- Brief Bio
Toru, the youngest of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Govin Chunder Dutt, was born in her father’s house in Rambagan, Calcutta on 4th...
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P. B. Shelly- Timeline
1792 -----> He was born at Field Place in August 4. 1811 -----> Wrote Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson with T. J. Hogg....
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To Imagination- Emily Bronte- Poem Summary
POEM INTRODUCTION: “To Imagination” written by Emily Jane Bronte was published in 1846. She always calls her imagination ‘My Darling...
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The Canadian Authors Meet- F R Scott- Poem Summary
WORK INTRODUCTION: The Canadian Authors Meet is a satirical poem by F. R. Scott, first published in McGill Fortnightly Review in April...
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F R Scott- Brief Bio
Francis Reginal Scott (1899- 1985) was born in Quebec City. He was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert. He was one of...
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The world is too much with us- William Wordsworth- Poem Summary
POEM INTRODUCTION: The world is too much with us is a sonnet (Italian Sonnets style) written by William Wordsworth in order to criticize...
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My Heart Leaps Up- William Wordsworth- Poem Summary
POEM INTRODUCTION: Wordsworth’s poetry is known for its simplicity. He wrote the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” which is also known as “The...
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William Wordswoth- Bio
William Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth in 1770 as the second of five children (Richard, William, Dorothy, John, and Christopher). He...
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From Chaucer to Other Medieval Writers
Geoffrey Chaucer William Langland John Gower John Lydgate Thomas Hoccleve Thomas Malory John Skelton
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John Skelton
JOHN SKELTON: § He is an unjustly neglected figure of English literature (as he fits neither in the medieval period nor in the...
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Thomas Malory
THOMAS MALORY: § Le Marte D` Arthur is the prose version of the story of King Arthur and his round table under one title and eight...
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Thomas Hoccleve
THOMAS HOCCLEVE: § His works are semi- autobiographical. Consists of the first description of the mental breakdown in English literature....
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John Lydgate
JOHN LYDGATE: § A key figure of his age just as important and influential as Chaucer. § His works are largely historical. § The Fall of...
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John Gower
JOHN GOWER: § Gower uses human elements in his work Confessio Amantis (A Lover’s Confession). § This work uses the concept with a degree...
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William Langland
WILLIAM LANGLAND: § His major work is Piers Plowman, an alliterative poem that has a series of dreams. § Characters are Long Will and...