Introduction John Milton, journalist, historian, and poet of the 17th century, was born on December 9, 1608, in London, England. Paradise Lost was the book for which he is most remembered. Milton’s first career goal was becoming a priest. Attending Cambridge University only solidified his resolve to devote the rest of his life to writing […]
Introduction Mary Ann Evans, Robert and Christina’s youngest child, was born in Warwickshire in 1819. Mary Ann was pious as a child and adolescent due to her upbringing and Miss Lewis’s influence as her boarding school’s “principal mistress” from 1828 to 1832. Life Mary Ann Evans has read since childhood. Due to her love of […]
Introduction Virginia Woolf, an English novelist, gained widespread attention in the 20th century. Her novels garnered the most acclaim, despite the fact that she also produced nonfiction, biography, letters, and diaries. Her works are under the modernist literary movement that was popular between the two world wars. Woolf’s writing style, known as stream of consciousness, […]
Introduction On July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent Chicago neighbourhood where the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright resided. Father of Ernest Hemingway, Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, and his mother, a devout Christian who had abandoned a rich singing career, raised their six children, of which Ernest was the […]
Introduction Similar peoples facing similar problems. The stories used to be defined by both social practicality and sharp satire. Even though he takes great pains to represent his characters in their own words, Chaucer is also out to expose the hypocrisy of the church and the social problems that stemmed from the Middle Ages’ political […]
Introduction Shakespeare is universally regarded as the greatest English language author and the pinnacle of dramatic art. The “Bard of Avon” and “England’s National Poet” are two of his other nicknames. Around 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two substantial narrative poems, and a few more verses, the authorship of which is disputed by some, are attributed […]
Introduction Throughout the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens, a British editor and writer, released a wide variety of works, including novels, short stories, comic books, and novellas. To break into the publishing industry, Dickens created his own self-published drawings and humorous comics for periodicals. His dark portrayals of London’s poor in the Victorian era are famous […]
Introduction Jane Austen entered the world on December 16, 1775, in the little town of Steventon in Hampshire. Being one of an ordained minister’s eight children, she grew up in a loving and supportive family environment. Throughout her adolescent years, she developed a passion for writing. Around 1801, members of her family moved to Bath. […]
Introduction In Somersby, Lincolnshire which is located in England, on 6th August of 1809, Tennyson was born. He was one of the 11 surviving children in his family. Four younger brothers, four younger sisters, and two elder brothers made up Tennyson’s family when he was a child. Although he had his first publication in 1827, […]