Tennyson’s Idealizing Domestic Love in His Poetry

Tennyson’s Originality and Uniqueness:  Love has always been the theme of poetry; love has inspired some of the greatest poetry of the world. In the English language, Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Byron, Browning, etc., are some of the greatest of love-poets. Tennyson is also a great love-poet, and his treatment of love is unique in many … Read more

Alfred Lord Tennyson As An Unrivalled Lyrical Genius of His Age

Tennyson, An Unrivalled Lyrical Poet: Tennyson is the greatest lyrical poet between Shelley and Swinburne. He is an unrivalled lyrical genius of his age. He was endowed with all those qualities which made him the supreme lyric poet of his country. Instead of remaining a singer voicing forth the subjective feelings that welled in his … Read more

Victorian Age—Social, Political, Economic and Religious Tendencies

A Revolt against Victorianism: The Victorian era or the Age of Tennyson covers the period from 1832 to 1887. The reign of Queen Victoria extends from 1837 to 1901 but literary movements rarely coincide with the exact year of a royal accession or death. During the last decade of the nineteenth century the ideals which … Read more

Decline in Tennyson’s Popularity and His Victorian Compromise

Introduction: In his own times Tennyson was built up into a legend. His popularity amounted almost to hero-worship. He was surrounded by a halo of adoration. As Long observes, “For full half century, he was the voice of England, loved and honoured as a man and a poet, not simply by a few discerning critics, … Read more

The Play The Merchant of Venice — Tragic and Comic Element

As A Traditional Romantic Comedy:  The play has been traditionally accepted as a romantic comedy by many critics, for it ends in enormous fun and laughter. Love too triumphs, or so it appears at first instance. Bassanio marries Portia, Lorenzo marries Jessica, Gratiano marries Nerissa, and even Launcelot finds a dark skinned woman as a … Read more

The Merchant of Venice— Theme of Religious Intolerance

Evil Resulting from Religious Intolerance: The play The Merchant of Venice is indirectly a plea for religious tolerance. It depicts the evil resulting from religious intolerance, though it has another theme, which is even more important, the other theme is the evils of usury and avarice. The main story in the play is the Bond … Read more

Thomas Gray As A Great Transitional, Romantic, Classical Poet of 18th Century

Introduction: Thomas Gray is one of the most popular poets in English. He belongs to the age of transition, 18th century is known for its neo- classicism. Pope was the most representative poet of the age. With, the publication of Thomson’s ‘Seasons’ there appeared a phase of change in form of rising romanticism. It changed … Read more