In Preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) as a precursor of the Romantic Movement, professed a new definition of poetry, which became the first propaganda of Romanticism. As he believed “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it…
Introduction: Neo-classicism is the name of a movement that is involved with artistic and creative movements that reflect the nature of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, culture, and art. To Put it differently, Neoclassicism is the movement of the 18th…
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the most striking and luminous star in the realm of English drama, was the master of art. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), regarded as one of the advocates of neo- classicism, has very confidently proclaimed that Shakespeare is…
Dr. Samuel Johnson(1709-1784), a spokesman of the classical school. He is a pioneer in the field of biographical criticism. In his criticism of Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson basically reveals the merits and demerits of Shakespeare. So he is rightly called a…
Introduction: Sir Philip Sydney is a critic poet who established the superiority of the poet and shown that poets are superior than the philosopher and historians. In “Apology for Poetry “Sydney has defended the poets from the attack of Puritan…
Stephen Gosson (1554-1624) was an English essayist who brought some objections against poetry and poets in his “The School of Abuse”. But Sir Philip Sydney (1554-1586) in his “An Apology for Petry”, answered those objections and proved that all the…
Introduction: Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1486), a well-known critic in English literature, makes some objections to contemporary English drama in his famous work ‘An Apology for Poetry’. Though he was not a dramatist himself, he knew the construction theme and the…
Moving power in Art: Moving power of any art is the power of attraction to the readers. It applies the attention of the readers and fulfills their basic needs. Upon this moving power the ultimate success of art depends. Moving…
Did Aristotle insist on all three unities? Introduction Poetic unities are the principles of poetic structure relating to action, time, and place. Aristotle emphasizes the three unities of poetry in his “Poetics”. Though the three unities are called Aristotelian unities,…
In the Poetics (384-322)BC, Aristotle formulatas six formative elements for the recognition of a proper tragedy. They are plot. character, thought, diction, spectacle and song(Music). Of these elements, the plot is the first essential of tragedy and character takes second…
Introduction: Tragic drama and epic, according to Aristotle (384-322)BC, are two distinct forms of poetry. In the Poetics, Aristotle sets a comparison and contrast between epic and tragedy in a logical manner. According to him, tragedy is superior to epic,…
Poetics is the eminent creation of Aristotle (384-322)BC. This iconic creation is chiefly concerned with tragedy. In Poetics, Aristotle illustrates several requirements of tragedy to make it iconic and to complete itself from every single perspective. The requirements of tragedy…
Introduction: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), father of impressionistic criticism, has very strictly criticized some of the theories of Wordsworth’s poetic diction in the Biographia Literaria. The several chapters of the Biographia Literaria are devoted largely to a criticism of the…
Introduction: Coleridge’s Poetic theory is not in compact and cogent form anywhere in “Biographia Literaria”. His theory is based on three “P” which mean poem, poetry, and poet. In the fourteenth chapter of his scholarly essay, published in March 1817,…
Introduction: “Biographia Literaria” by S. T. Coleridge (1772-1834) is a book of “biographical sketches of his literary life and opinions”. This is a very tough and scholarly book since it is a hard nut to crack. In chapter seventeenth of…
Introduction: William Wordsworth, pioneer of the Romantic Movement, exposes his own doctrine about the language and subject matter of poetry in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads. The Preface, regarded as an unofficial manifesto of the Romantic Movement. It is a…
Introduction: William Wordsworth (1770- 1850) is regarded as a poet of common man. He has written a famous author which is name Lyrical Ballads (1798). In this author, the poet lays down the common man, common language, love for nature,…
Introduction: William Wordsworth (1770- 1850) is regarded as a poet of the common man. He has written a famous author which is name Lyrical Ballads (1798). In this author, the poet lays down the common man, common language, love for…