John Milton

The Age of MiltonLiterary features:-(a) During this period, it is clearly apparent the decline of Elizabethan standards in several ways- (1) the fashion of shorter poems, especially the lyrics of a peculiar type. (2) Decay in the high poetical arduous.(b)This age has few great writers among Milton stands the very great. His prose is among the finest controversial writing and his poetic achievements are considered to be second to that of Shakespeare.(c) There is a group of poets who have the influence of Donne called the "Metaphysical Poets" by...

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The Puritan Age and Literary Charistricts

The Puritan Age (1620-1660)Most broadly, The Puritan movement is a rebirth of the moral nature of man followed by the intellectual awakening of Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Puritans were neither a religious sect nor narrow-minded as many Historians pictured.Pym, Hampden, Eliot and Milton were Puritans and were honoured. They struggled for human liberty. Cromwell and Thomas Hooker were also Puritans. Cromwell strongly supported religious tolerance while Hooker gave the world the first written constitution. That Puritan document...

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Biography of Kamala Das and her Works

The Mother of Modern Indian English Poetry, a prominent voice of the colonial era, and an Iconoclast, Kamala Das was born in a conservative Brahmin family on 31st March 1934. She, in her family, experiences patriarchial prejudice and its subjugation. Though her mother- Balamani Amma was a famous poet, her father was an editor and her Grand Uncle- Nalapat Narayana Menon, was a respected writer.  Culturally, ...

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Elizabethan Playwright

 The Age of Elizabeth and PlaywrightsUniversity Wits refers to a group of young men mostly belongs to Oxford and Cambridge. It includes George Peele, Robert Green Thomas Nash, Thomas Lodge, Thomas Kyd, and Christopher Marlowe.Their works were mainly centred on Heroic themes that were tragic in nature. The heroic theme needs heroic treatment with great fullness and variety, splendid descriptions, and long swelling speeches. Their style was also 'heroic', and the chief aim was to achieve solid, sound lines and a powerful declaration.Important...

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Renaissance or early Modern Period

Renaissance is a name commonly applied to the poetry of European History following the Middle Ages. Generally, It is said to have begun in Italy in the late fourteenth century and has continued in Italy and other Western European countries. In this period European art of painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature reached at its peak.  The development came late to England in the sixteenth century and its flowering started from the Elizabethan age and has influenced to later period also.Renaissance started from-1500 and lasted until...

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THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1350-1400)

THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1350-1400)Historical Background- The fourteenth century is a remarkable period in England. It is known for two great movements. First is Political which sees the growth of the national spirit following the victories of a hundred years of war. A wave of patriotic enthusiasm swept away the jealousy and mutual distrust among people. Also, the French language lost its official position and English became the whole nation's...

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Literature: its Features and Periods

The word Literature is derived from the Latin "litteraturae" meaning "writing". "Literature" is commonly used since the eighteenth century to designate fictional and imaginative writings (poetry, prose, fiction, and drama). In expanded use, it designates that works have some essential qualities such as Artistic,  Universality, Emotion, Imagination, and Permanence.Characteristics of literature:-Artistic- It is a significant quality of all literature. All art is an expression of life in the form of truth and beauty. Which remain unnoticed...

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