A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Summary By James Joyce An Introductory Note: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel … Read more
James Joyce Biography Life and Literature of James Joyce James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland, on February 2, 1882, the eldest of 10 surviving children. He was educated by Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College and Belvedere College before going on to University College, then located on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin, where he … Read more
Shakespeare Sonnet No 130 Questions and Answers 1. What picture of an ideal feminine beauty of the Elizabethan age does Shakespeare present in his Sonnet No. 130 (‘My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun’.)? Is there any satire implied in it? Ans. Shakespeare in his Sonnet No. 130 (‘My mistress’s eyes are nothing … Read more
Hawk Roosting Questions and Answers By Ted Hughes BROAD QUESTIONS 1. Write an essay on the use of animal imagery in the poetry of Ted Hughes with special references to Hawk Roosting. Or, Attempt a critique of the animal imagery in the poetry of Ted Hughes with suitable textual references to Hawk Roosting. Hughes’ … Read more
HAWK ROOSTING SUMMARY A CLOSE READING OF THE HUGHES’ HAWK ROOSTING (H.L.B.MOODY) Our first reading of this poem again leaves us with a slight sense of bewilderment, in that it present us with something not immediately and completely coherent, something different from anything. The title guides us a little at first. ‘Hawk Roosting’-hawk, a … Read more
Ted Hughes Biography ABOUT THE POET Edward James Hughes was born on 17th August, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, in the west Riding region of Yorkshire in England. His father, William Hughes, had been a carpenter but had subsequently enlisted in the army in the course of World War-I and had fought on the Gallipoli Pennisula in … Read more
