Carol Anne Duffy Biography ABOUT THE POET Carol Ann Duffy is a popular Scottish English-speaking poetess, a playwright, an owner of many prestigious literary prizes and awards. She is the laureate poet since the 2009 (the first woman and the first public bisexual who received this title). She is also known for her feminist views … Read more
Emily Dickinson Biography Life and Literature Life and Literature of Emily Dickinson[Emily Dickinson Biography] Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her family had deep roots in New England. Her paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, was well known as the founder of Amherst College. Her father worked at Amherst and served … Read more
William Congreve Biography Life and Literature Life and Literature of William Congreve[William Congreve Biography] William Congreve, 1670-1729, was born in Yorkshire, England. As his father was an officer in the army and the commander of a garrison near Cork in Ireland, Congreve was educated at Kilkenny and then at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was … Read more
William Wordsworth Biography His Life and Works His Life and Works[William Wordsworth Biography] William Wordsworth was born in 1770 at Cockermouth, in the north of the lake country. He was the second child of a fairly prosperous attorney-at-law. William lost his mother at the age of eight and his father at the age of thirteen. … Read more
William Blake Biography Life, Vision and His Poetic Creation Life, Vision and His Poetic Creation[William Blake Biography] William Blake was a British artist and poet. He was the third son of a London hosier. He was born in London on November 28, 1757. He was a visionary and dreamer from early childhood. In 1782 … Read more
Thomas Gray Biography His Life, Mind and Art His Life, Mind and Art :[Thomas Gray Biography] Thomas Gray, a born poet, fell upon an age of prose, who ‘never spoke out in poetry’, was born in Cornhill on December 26, 1716. His father Philip Gray was a prosperous scrivener, but rather temperamental and easily … Read more
