Or, why do you think Addison has chosen to write? Introduction: Joseph Addison is a great social reformer and a moralist. He wants to reform society through his writings. He mentions that by reading his work, people will know him…
Introduction: Francis Bacon is a man of practical wisdom. In his essay ‘Of love’ he has given a correct attitude to love. According to him, there are three kinds of love such as wanton love, nuptial love, and of friendly…
Or, Is Bacon in favor of revenge as we see in his essay “Of Revenge”? Introduction: Francis Bacon’s famous essay “Of Revenge” where he focuses on the barbaric nature of revenge. Here he argues in favor of revenge and against…
Introduction: Francis Bacon is a famous essayist, utilitarian thinker, and practical person. He presented the instincts of man in his essay Of Truth. He presents why people often choose to lie. To Read More: Unmarried men are best friends, best…
Introduction: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is one of the prose writers in the history of English literature. He is considered a great master of practicality. He has provided some practical advice in his essays. In his essay “Of Marriage and Single…
Comment on his view about India as revealed in speech on East India Bill. Introduction: Edmund Burke’s (1729-1797) Speech on East India Bill concerns India particularly British rule in India. In the speech, Burke presented India in graphic detail including…
Introduction: Edmund Burke’s (1729-1797) speech on the “East India Bill” (1783) is considered the Magna Carta of Hindustan. This speech was immense and had massive intentions. From the speech, we can get a clear picture of the East India Bill.…
Introduction: Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797) was an Irish statesman and philosopher, historian and political writer. He served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after…
Introduction: Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784) is an English writer who has made lasting contributions to English literature as a literary critic and biographer. He had once told a Scottish biographer James Boswell, “The biographical part of literature is what I…
Introduction: An epic or a heroic poem is a long narrative poem based on a serious subject matter. “The Davideis” is an unfinished epic by Cowley (1618-1667) on the subject based on the story from the Bible. Though Cowley himself…
Introduction: Addison’s contribution to the development of English prose cannot be overestimated. He has perfected English prose as an instrument for the expression of social thought. That is why he has shown much concern for his style and eventually his…
Introduction: According to or conforming to the spirit of the Neoclassical Age, Addison wrote theoretically for moral improvement. He was a silent observer of the funny follies and foibles of the rural ad urban life of eighteenth-century England. The essence…
Discuss Bacon as an essayist with reference to his essays Introduction: The word essay is derived from the French word ‘essayer’, which means “to attempt,” or “to try. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) who is the father of modern English essays has…
Discuss Francis Bacon as a moral and utilitarian philosopher based on your reading of his essays. Introduction: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is the most distinctive essayist of the Elizabethan era. His essays are a “handbook” of practical wisdom enriched with maxims…
What is Coleridge’s objection to Wordsworth’s selection of characters in his poems? Introduction: In chapter seventeenth of the essay “Biographia Literaria”, Coleridge(1772-1834) gives a detailed analysis of the defects and excellences of the poetry of Wordsworth but the defects are…
Describe Coleridge’s views on Fancy and Imagination. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), father of impressionistic criticism, defines Imagination, both primary and secondary, and distinguishes it from Fancy in his famous critique Bioraphia Literaria. Though the definition has a certain amount of…
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), pioneer of the Romantic Movement, exposes his own doctrine about the poetic diction and the language of poetry in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads. The Preface, regarded as an unofficial manifesto of Romantic Movement, is a result…
William Wordsworth, forerunner of the romantic poets, proclaims his own theory about the selection of rustic materials in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, which is regarded as the unofficial manifesto of the Romantic Movement. He differs from urban life from…