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
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
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
Tennyson’s Conceiving Nature’s Beauty and Sublimity : Wordsworth was the high priest of Nature. He conceived of Nature as a living force and in his belief each and every object of Nature had a soul of its own. Nature could be better teacher of humanity than books. Wordsworth found in Nature a beautitude and joy. … Read more
Introduction: It is a charge against the whole range of the Victorian poetry that it is imitative and derivative in character. G. D. Klingopulos brings to our notice in his essay The Victorian Scene this derivative character of the Victorian poetry and its dependence on the poetry of the Romantic poets. He says, “There is … Read more
Growth of Poetry, Novel and Prose and An Inclination to Individuality: The Victorian age was one of the most remarkable periods in the history of English Literature. It witnessed the flowering of poetry in the hands of a host of poets, great and small. It marked the growth of the English novel, and laid the … Read more
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
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
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
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