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The "preface to the Lyrical Ballad" is an essay by William Wordsworth. Lyrical Ballad is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth &  Samuel Coleridge. Title of collection recalls rustic form of art. French revolution has deep influence on romanticist and Wordsworth. Liberty- equlity- fraternity are 3 watchword of the French revolution and inspired Wordsworth and other romantic poets. 1. What is the basic difference between the poetic creed of 'classicism' and 'roamnticism' ? Classicism & Romanticism - we can say that there are 2 ideologies. As we all know that John Dryden , Alexander Pope & so on are classical poets., While William Wordsworth, Keats , Coleridge , P B Shelley are romantic poets. Intellect is a guiding source in classicism while in Romanticism imagination is a main source. Romantic poets are the believers of imagination. Classicists were restrained. They should be restrained while, romantics are different from c

Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" - tells the story of a man cast away on an isolated island who attempts to create a life for himself. An important thing to note in reading the novel is that Daniel Defoe was himself a dissenter and a strong advocate for the rights of dissenters to freedom of conscience. Many of his protagonist's spiritual developments reflect this. ◆ Survival:- The first theme in the book is one of survival. In his experience being shipwrecked , Crusoe must think about what is absolutely necessary for physical survival. The theme of survival leads to a second theme,w which is awareness that which our lives in civilization we constantly long for many things we do not actually need. Thus Crusoe reflects on the theme, or sin , of covetousness. ◆ Spiritual growth:- The next theme is spiritual growth. Away from the regular life of civilization, Crusoe begins to understand that religion does not require elaborate rituals or priests,

After the discussion of Coleridge's Biographia Literaria., the students of MKBU had a task of that & gave the  interpretation about that. So here is my answer which asked in below link: http://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2015/10/coleridge-biographia-literaria.html?m=1 Biographia Literaria by S.T Coleridge is a great literary work. Coleridge's written critical work contained in 24 chapters of Biographia Literaria [1815-17]. In chapter XIV of Biographia Literaria, Coleridge has discussed his view of nature & function of poetry., difference between Poem & Poetry & difference between prose & poem. Coleridge has to deal with 'persons & characters' are super natural. As we all know that Wordsworth & Coleridge are romantic poet, but we find several difference between both of them. Both of them has a different point of view about poetic diction. 1. Difference between Poem & Poetry. Poem is a form of poetry. Poetry means to create &am

Post-truth is, ironically, a term  created to evoke an "emotional response" to the use of emotion to drive new political dynamics. It suggested that there once was a truth, but we as a polity have abandoned it in a favor of lies that appeal to our emotional biases. It is currently used by various strips of globalists alarmed at the populists reactions to globalist projects; Brexit, Withdrawal from the Paris accords by the US etc... The irony, is that EU is a nationalist project, and nationalism of course in inherently emotional exploitation of the natural human tendency to trust and favor those closest to themselves in terms of culture, family, relationship etc... The election of "Donald Trump" and similar public reactions all over the world, have revealed the limitations of this strategy, with the reaction, notably an emotional rather than rational reaction, being to double down on language calculated to evoke hatred, contempt & disgust. In m

This post is in reference to the questions asked here: http://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2015/09/drydens-essay-on-dramatic-poesy-short.html 1. Do you any find any difference between Aristotle's definition of tragedy and Dryden's definition of play? After Aristotle here is a person "Dryden" who giving a very well-firmed definition of a play. Obviously, it's a very large difference between Aristotle's definition of tragedy & Dryden's definition of play. Let me clarify that, Dryden is a neoclassical critic. If we look at the definition of both of them we see the difference which I mentioned below :- √ In Dryden's definition of play we can see these 3 elements. 1. Just & lively image 2. Passions & humours 3. Delight & instruction of mankind. √ If we can see Aristotle's definition of tragedy.... It's ended with the word "catharsis", whereas Dryden ended his definition with delight & instru

"Paradise Lost" is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th century English poet John Milton. It's written in 12 books. The idea of this book comes from the story of creation. Book - IX is a climax of the story of Paradise Lost. The first version published in 1667, consisted of 10 books with over 10 thousands lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arrange into 12 books. The poem concern the biblical story of Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam & Eve by the fallen angel Satan & their expulsion from the Garden od Eden. 1. Write a critique on the character of Eve. In the Western world, the fall of humankind from the Garden of Eden is the foundational story of creation. In the 17th century, John Milton rewrites the story of creation in epic form to flesh out the characters & actions leading to the fall. Throughout the epic poem, Milton shows Eve's progression from an independent woman to a dependent woman to show that women

Ben Jonson born in early June of 1572, in London. He was the most famous dramatists, lyric poet & literary critic. He never know his father, a minister who had died 2 months before he was born. No real trace oh Jonson's father has been found. His father was likely one of many jonson's in London at that time. His mother remarried early in his childhood. His stepfather was bricklayer named "  Robert Brett".  Jonson was educated briefly at Westminster school,where he was introduced to the humanist culture which dominated English thought at the time. Jonson said later that he was "taken from" his education & "put to another craft". Jonson had begun to write in 1597, perhaps with a play called The case is Altered for the Pembroke's Men company, & during 1598 & 1599 he wrote Every  "Man In His Humour"   & "Every Man Out of His Humour." Days after the first performance of "Every Man In His Humour

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, he is commonly known as "Mario Vargas Llosa". He is a Peruvian writer,politician,journalist,essayist & college professor.Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelist & essayist & one of the leading writer of his generation. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 2010. His most recent Novel is " The Neighborhood ". He was interviewed for the World Post by -Michael Skafidas , a journalist & professor of comparative literature at the City University of New York. " If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know."                                                 - Mario Vargas Llosa. Mario Vargas Llosa's style encompasses historical material as well as his own personal experiences. For Example:- Im his novel "The Time of The Hero": his own experiences at the Leoncio Prado military school informed his depictio