LRC EDUCATION: EMPOWER YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Gulliver’s Travels (1726) is a peculiar travel novel, books about journeys were quite popular at the time as they were often used by their authors to convey their philosophical theories, … Continue reading Gulliver in Brobdingnag
A quick overview of the main points regarding the historical background of “The Augustan Age”.
For Man to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning Knew Desire with thee still longer to converse Induced me. As new waked from soundest sleep … Continue reading “The Just-Created Adam”- “PARADISE LOST” (1667), J. Milton
“Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,” Said then the lost Arch Angel, “this the seat That we must change for Heav’n, this mournful gloom For that celestial … Continue reading “Satan’s Speech” – “PARADISE LOST” (1667), J. Milton
Give complete answers to the following open questions: What were the main social changes that took place during this time? Give reasons. How did the Protestant view of life influence … Continue reading On the Puritan Age – Homework
A Short List to Remember The Victorian Age was a time of profound cultural changes and of important political reforms that ranged from laws that improved working conditions in … Continue reading VICTORIANS’ IMPORTANT REFORMS
BIOGRAPHY Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854 of Anglo-Irish parents of noble descent and part of, what can be said, an intellectual family milieu in which he developed … Continue reading OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
Worthing Meets Lady Bracknell Act 1 Jack (Ernest) Worthing meets Lady Bracknell for an interview during which he will have to prove worthy of her daughter’s hand, Gwendolen Fairfax – … Continue reading Excerpt from “The Importance of Being Earnest” (1895), O. Wilde
Catherine Tells Nelly of Her Love for Heathcliff ‘Perfectly right; if people be right to marry only for the present. And now, let us hear what you are unhappy about. … Continue reading Excerpt from “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
Jane Says Good Bye to Mr Rochester Still indomitable was the reply–“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I … Continue reading Excerpt from “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte
Before introducing this last group of Romantic Poets, the one known as that of the Second Generation, it is necessary to underline the political and historical issues that greatly influenced not … Continue reading THE SECOND GENERATION ROMANTIC POETS
FIRST GENERATION ROMANTIC POETS The beginning of the British Romantic Movement is generally considered to have been marked by the collection of poems titled Lyrical Ballads, first published in 1798, … Continue reading FIRST GENERATION ROMANTIC POETS – WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE
