Literature

This novel as a social realist text challenges the stereotypical norms related to the Muslim culture of colonized India and attempts to reform the society as well.

Have you ever wondered what makes a good story? Well, there are 7 elements to every story that will grab the attention of your reader or audience. Take a few minutes to read this post and see what I mean.

This was the beginning of the Great Depression that lasted until after the mid-1930s, during which years there was much less commercial activity than previous years (the United States stopped selling arms to belligerents after World War I ended).

English has travelled a long successful journey from the 5th century to the 21st century. Starting from Germanic tribes, it has changed a lot. People like Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Francis Bacon and many more who has contributed their services in the history of English language.

When Chaucer was born in England in about 1340, there were two prestigious languages, the Latin of the Church and education, and French of the court and government. Chaucer's writings established English as a standard language of the country which remains with us today in our modern world.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a uniquely psychological book, and one too that can fit several different psychological models. Maslow's Humanism however is not usually considered when analyzing the time tested tale. Let's try it on for size.

This article is about my 12th Hubpage anniversary. I have made so many friends at Hubpages from around the world. I also reflected on an experience I had while growing up. There is a poem as well.

The relationship between man and books is primordial. No one can deny the fact that whatever has been invented so far is directly or indirectly, construed from books. Books can nourish you, compose you and make you mature. A perfect example revealing how books affect us described by Colm Toibin here

This article examines a book of Civil War poetry written and published by my great-grandmother in 1894.

This is an article on your most asked questions about the book "The Year of Magical Thinking."

Your job is not to know how it will happen, but to keep the doors of your mind open. Go through those doors. Don't worry even if you miss a chance because another will come.

A general view on a Shakespearean drama.

Babies' love for their parents is natural. That love generates patriotism to the nation. Sometimes, the fragile political infrastructure of a country breaks down the ethical part of the grown baby, and make them terrorist. The parents never see the sunrise, and their efforts go in vain.

Literary canonical texts must contain aesthetics, art and beauty, and be capable of altering the reader's moral perception. From analysing all of these components in Anthony Burgess' novel, I believe it does deserve to be in the literary canon due to its intelligent use of Nadsat and moral dilemmas.

A letter to the woman who means so much in my life.

Alternative singers and group performers have littered the charts with hits. If these hits hit home, we may all be home alone in an alternate universe of never ending chaos. Plunge into the depths of this alternate reality through this sound-charged poem!

Drama overview to encourage you read the famous play 'Waiting for Godot'

This article explores anxieties surrounding white trash in Faulkner's The Hamlet and Absalom, Absalom!

Inspiration is the feeling of excitement that you get from someone or something that gives you new and creative ideas. If you describe something good to someone or as an inspiration, you mean that they want you or other people to do or achieve something.

Little read in France, the Hungarian scholar Ágnes Heller (1929-2019) expounded on thirty works in Hungarian, German or English, of which just five were converted into French during the years 1970-1980. She was one of the incredible educated people of Central Europe, of that age which experienced co

An analysis of the short story "He" by H.P Lovecraft published in September 1926.

Random poems created this month for all to enjoy. Comment to each or all four to add your personal touch and insight.

Deven's desire to escape the dreariness of Mirpore is what intensifies and attaches importance to these constant back-and-forth journeys from Mirpore to Delhi. These are not just physical journeys, but metaphorical. Through Nur and Urdu poetry, Deven is seeking liberation from his suffocating life.

He was an Indian freedom fighter, socialist thinker, social activist and Great writer of Sane Guruji. Simple, straightforward, concise language, expressive rhetorical style were the hallmarks of his writing.

On the 154th birth commemoration of Rabindranath Tagore, here is a rundown of five intriguing things about Tagore that you should know.

Edgar Allan Poe is famous for penning the first detective story and his many poems and stories written in the morbid style. His most famous, The Raven, published in 1845 brought him an instant success in his quest to be recognized.

Jane Eyre is a gothic romance and bildungsroman novel written by Charlotte Bronte. This article analyzes the "red room episode" within the book.

This article will analyze the elements of Gothicism used in Edith Wharton's short story: The Lady's Maid's Bell.

Knut Hamsun won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920 and was a Nazi sympathizer while Romain Rolland won it in 1915 and was an admirer of Josef Stalin but both wrote monumental works that are now recognized as great literature.

James Joyce is one of the top writers of the English language and his book 'Ulysses' is considered the greatest novel of the 20th-century. He created the character of Molly and talking of me, I've been looking for Molly all my life

The Legend, Jaja is catapulted in an upward mobility not by the strings of enslavement but by his struggles which lights up his path. Though he ends up on a tragic note, he had not just existed but had lived a life.

The tale of the allotment of the queen of Sparta with Paris prince of Troy has held center stage for hundreds of years but there is a version by Herodotus that is at variance with the classical story.

In the Postcolonial era Latin America becomes a land of mixed culture. The contemporary Latin American writers in their literary texts represent the cultural pluralism of Latin America and the trope of indigenous language by using the genre of Magic Realism.

Literature on the difference between a good people and bad people and what God sees as good and bad.

Edgar Allan Poe's was a brilliant writer. He composed one of the most famous poems in American literature, helped to invent the of the short story and the mystery as well as helping to establish science fiction writing. However, his life was essentially tragic in his relationships with others.

Another rabbit story about how tricky they can be, this one involves different animals and tests. This is the last from the second book in the series, The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.