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The society that Jane Austen presents in Pride & Prejudice is concerned with reputation and appearance. First written in 1797 under the title First Impressions, it was later revised and published as Pride and Prejudice in 1813. The theme of judgment runs throughout the novel as prejudging people is a favoutiteContinue Reading
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was the seventh child and second daughter of an Anglican rector in a country parish in Hampshire, England. She had a happy childhood. She read widely, though she had little formal schooling, and she and her siblings delighted in writing and performing plays at home. At theContinue Reading
Psychological isolation is a theme that runs as a vein throughout Matthew Arnold’s poetry which has won much critical acclaim. Poems like “Dover Beach” and “To Marguerite” reverse the argument made by John Donne, the metaphysical poet, that “No man is an island”, by emphasizing that mortals have indeed becomeContinue Reading
Arnold’s “Dover Beach” laments the transition from an age of certainty into an era of the erosion of traditions and loss of faith – Modernism. “Misery”, “sadness” and “melancholy” reign most of the poem, yet the author chooses to conclude it with an emotional appeal for honesty: “Ah, love, letContinue Reading
