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Dr. Faustus2 Drama11 Francis Bacon3 Gulliver's Travels1 History of England2 John Bunyan2 John Dryden1 John Keats2 John Milton1 John Webster1 Jonathan Swift1 Jonh Donne1 Joseph Addison1 Linguistics9 Literary Theory and Practical Criticism4 Lord Byron1 M Ali1 Macbeth2 Matthew Arnold1 Metaphysical Poetry3 Novels3 Oedipus the King2 Philosophy16 Poetry17 Preface to Lyrical Ballads1 Preface to Shakespeare1 Pride and Prejudice1 Prose9 Riders to the Sea2 Robinson Crusoe1 Romantic Poetry10 Samuel Johnson1 Shakespeare2 Shelley1 Sheridan1 Short Story1 Sophocles1 Syllabuses1 T S Eliot1 The Duchess of Malfi1 The Garden Party1 The Idea of a University1 The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock1 The Pilgrim's Progress2 The Rape of the Lock1 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner2 The Rivals1 The Spanish Tragedy1 The Way of the World1 Thomas Gray1 Thomas Kyd1 Victorian Literature2 William Blake1 William Congreve1 William Wordsworth3 Wuthering Heights1

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Wordsworth’s Theory of Poetry : The Poet and Poetic Process

Wordsworth’s conception of a poet is an important part of his theory of poetry presented in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads. In the preface, Wordsworth discusses the definition, qualities and function of a poet. Wordsworth defines a poet in the following lines: He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to common among mankind. From these lines and from the text we can identify the following qualifications of a poet. A poet is a simple man like other common human beings . This concept actually revolts against the 18th century glorification of a poet as somebody separate and different from other human beings. However, a poet is not ‘‘ differ...

Merits and demerits of Shakespeare in Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare

Shakespeare is such a poet and dramatist of the world who has been edited and criticized by hundreds of editors and critics Dr. Samuel Johnson is one of them. But among the literary criticisms about Shakespeare, ‘‘ Johnson ’ s edition was notable chiefly for its sensible interpretation ’ s and critical evaluations of Shakespeare as a literary artist. ’’ As a true critic in his Preface to Shakespeare, Johnson has pointed out Shakespeare’ s merits or excellences as well as demerits. Let us now discuss Shakespeare’ s merits as stated by Johnson. Shakespeare’ s greatness lies in the fact that he is ‘‘ the poet of nature ’’ . Jonson says, ‘‘Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature, the poet that holds up to the reader a faithful mirror of human nature. ’’ His writings represent the ‘ general nature ’ , because he knows ‘‘ Nothing can please many, and p...

Oedipus as a tragic hero

Oedipus, the hero in the play ‘King Oedipus’, is the most distressed, pathetic and touching tragic hero of Sophocles of Greek tragedy and of world tragedy as well . Though he is a man of good virtues, dignity, high birth and position, he suffers the highest mental and physical suffering. Now we will consider Oedipus to be a tragic hero, especially according to Aristotle’s criteria. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero possesses high birth and high social standing . In the case of Oedipus, we see that Oedipus is born of Lauis , the king, and Jocasta , the queen; he is brought up by Polybus , the king of Corinth , and Merope , the queen later on; he becomes a king and marr ie s a queen, and begets children too. The citizens of Thebes consider him as their father and saviour. A tragic hero is a man of excellent qualities , and good in his character, behaviour and action. In this case, we observe that Oedipus is simultaneously a good father, husband and above all s...

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