English Literature

Madame Bovary

Women novelists in Victorian Era The Victorian Era is known for the galaxy of female novelists. Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Mrs. Gaskell and George Eliot  are in prime focus. They are also include Mrs. Trollope, Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Maroh, Mrs. Bray, Charlotte Younger, Miss Oliphant and still more. Charlotte Bronte's all the four novels   The Professor, Vilette, Jane Eyre, Shirley reflect the stresses, tensions and conflicts of the society of Victorian Era. Her novels are without idealism, without false comforts, without any implication that power over their destinies. English novels reached its highest peak in the Victorian age. Among the women novelists Mrs. Gaskell claims to be one of the sole victims of the Victorian spirit. She published Mary Barton in 1848. She wrote to inform the prosperous middle classes, of  just what was happening in their own country. Emily Bronte  was a poet as well as novelist. Her only novel Wuthering Heights  is a poem as we...

Utilitarianism is a family of consequentialist ethical theories that promotes actions. The actions which maximize happiness and well being for the affected individuals. Jeremy Bentham  and J ohn Stuart Mill  were the advocates of classical utilitarianism. The central contention of utilitarianism may be laid down in the following way:   The moral evaluation of action should be made on the basis of consequences. The action which produces the greatest good of people is to be considered as right or morally valuable. In the evaluation an action will be considered good if it produces more pleasure than him. While making moral evaluation the good or pleasure of every man should be considered as equal.  These three collectively mean that an action is to be considered good if it produce more pleasure than pain, irrespective of any discrimination between pleasures. Jeremy Bentham  is sometimes called the father or founder of  utilitarianism. The feature...

Tennyson as a Representative of Victorian period Tennyson {1809-1892} occupies a unique position in the history of English Literature in its transition from the Romantic age to Victorian period. " Grierson" calls him " the heir of Romantic Revival" by virtue of the age and because of his own sensibility and imagination. In the words of "W.J. Long" Tennyson is " probably the most representative of  literary man of Victorian Era".  His work is an authentic epitome of all the important features of his age. In his poetry he kept pace with changing times. Tennyson and Browning are regarded as the third generation of romantic poets. The new poetry of Tennyson imbued with the spirit of Romanticism. He is most prominent an representative of rhythm and there is an exquisite and varied music in his verse. Tennyson even copied Keats in his use of color images. Poems like The Lady  of  Shalott , Recollection of  Arabian Nights , and Mariana show rom...

Essays of Elia

Bildungsroman : a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.

Elegy (sad poem)