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Francis Bacon – A Moralist

Bacon is not a true moralist. His morality is a saleable morality. He is a moralist-cum-worldly wise man. Bacon appears…

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One of the most striking themes of Frost is man’s isolation in the universe or man’s sense of alienation from…

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Shelley was a true-born child of the French Revolution. The spirits of that revolution found its expression in Shelley’s poetry.…

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Dryden once remarked: Donne affects metaphysics not only in his satires but in amorous verses, too, where nature only should…

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Jane Austen confines her creative activity to the depiction of whatever fell within her range of personal experience. While her…

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Keats was considerably influenced by Spenser and was, like Spenser, a passionate lover of beauty in all its forms and…

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The term “Absurd” in its modern sense was first used by Esslin and since then it was attached to a…

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Jonathan Swift is not a misanthrope rather he is a philanthrope. It is the misconception of those who think Swift…

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Pride and Prejudice was first written in 1797 under the title “First Impressions”. It was later revised and published under…

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“The wild Duck” as a title is most apt for this play because it gives us a definite clue to…