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Stephen Leacock- Brief Bio
Stephen Leacock was born on 30th December 1869 in Hampshire, England. Years after migrating to Canada, he attended the University of...
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The Kabulliwallah by Tagore- Short Story
WORK INTRODUCTION: ‘The Kabulliwallah’ is a Bengali short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1892. This heart-warming story is about...
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Tagore's Brief Introduction
AUTHOR INTRODUCTION Rabindranath Tagore, a man of many talents, was a songwriter, novelist, painter, and playwright who was born, raised...
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The Chimney Sweeper Poem Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience Summary- William Blake
POEM INTRODUCTION: The poem, "The chimney sweeper" was published in two parts, songs of innocence and songs of experience in the year...
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William Blake- Brief- Biography
William Blake Brief bio:- William Blake was born on November 28, 1757, as the third child among five in London. James Blake, his father,...
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Saki - Brief Biography
Hector Hugh Munro, who has a pen name Saki, was born in Akyab on December 18, 1870 (British Burma). His father Charles Augustus Munro was...
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The Sun Rising Poem Summary- John Donne
WORK INTRODUCTION: The poem, ‘The Sun Rising’, typical of John Donne, was published in 1633. The poem is explicit that it could have been...
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John Donne- Brief Bio
John Donne was born on 22nd January 1572. He was born into a well-doing merchant family in London, United Kingdom. He attended the...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson- Brief Bio
Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, poet, and transcendentalist, was born on May 25 in Boston, the United States of America to a...
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Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art- Poem- John Keats
WORK INTRODUCTION: The sonnet, “Bright Star” which was written in 1818 by John Keats while he was in his death bed, addressing his...
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John Keats- Brief- Biography
John Keats was born in London, England, on October 31, 1795, to Thomas Keats and Frances Jennings as the oldest son of their four...
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Dandin on Alankaras
On Regional Styles in Poetry On Alankaras: Alankaras means figures of speech. It renders Kavyas attractive. The old masters have shown...
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Dandin on Reginal Styles in Poetry
Intro and Characteristics of Epic Poetry On Regional Styles in Poetry: Literature is of four classes: i) Samskritam- Name of the...
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Sarga Bandha- Epic Poetry by Dandin
INTRODUCTION: This piece of work is from Kavyadarsa, one of the earliest texts in Indian Literary Theory. Dandin is the pioneer of the...
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Aristotle's Observations on the Epic
His Observations on Comedy HIS OBSERVATIONS ON THE EPIC: 1) Its Nature and Form: The epic grew out of the old hymns to the gods and songs...
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Aristotle's Observations on Comedy
His observations on Tragedy HIS OBSERVATIONS ON COMEDY: The roots of comedy lie in satirical verse like the tragedy in epic poetry. In...
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Aristotle's Observations on Poetry
His Literary Criticism HIS OBSERVATIONS ON POETRY: Its Nature: Aristotle following his master Plato calls the poet an imitator (the one...
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Aristotle's Observations on Tragedy
His observations on poetry HIS OBSERVATIONS ON TRAGEDY: 1. Its Origin: Poetry being imitative art imitates two kinds of actions: the...
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Aristotle's Literary Criticism
HIS WORKS AND AGE: Aristotle lived from 384 B. C. to 322 B. C. He was the most distinguished disciple of Plato. He is also known as the...
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The Sources of Poetry by Sri Aurobindo
First of all, his experience of inspiration comes to him from above his head and not from any other sources, certainly not from the...
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On Diction and Syntax- Tholkappiyam
Tholkappiyam is the conventional first Tamil Grammar text that ever existed. The author of the text was named after the book’s title and...
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The Importance of Shakespeare by Ashlee Jenson Summary
Ashlee Jenson in her essay The Importance of Shakespeare speaks on how Shakespeare is important in academics and proves it with few...
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Antigone Play Summary Page 2
Page 1 Speaking of Haimon, he comes. The chorus and Creon are eager to know whether he is here with reverence to his King and Father’s...
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Antigone Play Summary
Characters and Setting PLAY SUMMARY: Antigone meets Ismene to question her regarding, the new law which is about to be put forward by...