Rabindranath Tagore He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and was entitled as “the epitome of Indian Spiritual Heritage”. He wrote primarily in Bengali, but most of his plays…
Read this article to know about the Puritan Age Characteristics in English Literature. Puritan Age in English Literature: Historical Background After the death of James I in 1625, the new…
https://youtu.be/KG8MIv6i7e4 Introduction The first great age of the English language was during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) in England. Named after the monarch, the Elizabethan age, produced some of the…
https://youtu.be/OMf23vicrQ0 Introduction The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) ushered in an era of well being, new discoveries and artistic pursuits in England. The theatre (as Elizabethan Drama) as entertainment…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68NUGTGw8XU Historical Background The period between 1343 and 1450 is known as the Age of Chaucer. It marked the first significant literary age in English literature. It heralded a new…
https://youtu.be/DiMDAa-UWB8 Introduction The Caroline Age has its time span of Charles First during 1625-1649 and the name Charles derived from Latin word ‘Carolus’ which means Charles. After the demise of…
Introduction Victorian poetry refers to the verses composed during the reign of Queen Victoria in English (1837-1901). This period was marked by tremendous cultural upheaval. There were a drastic change…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD8hr2SVmWI Introduction Anglo-Saxons came from three powerful nations of Germans (Saxones, Angli and Iutae) to England in 600 A.D. Heroic poetry of surviving Anglo-Saxon literature tells about the Germanic origins…
Early Victorian Prose Writers Conservative by temperament and religious by inheritance, most of the first generation Victorians were against the new forces of industry, utilitarian ethics and political democracy. They…
https://youtu.be/HXSyyEgu2P8 Early Victorian Poets The Early Victorian Poetry or the High School Poetry does not have the topic “The Love and Worship of Nature” as the Romantics had in their…