Discussions of English Literature's History

Shepherd's love Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe ( 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, known for its first line "Come live with me and be my love", is a poem written by the English poet Christopher Marlowe and published in 1599 (six years after the poet's death). In addition to being one of the best-known love poems in the English language, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the pastoral style of British poetry in the late Renaissance period. It is composed in iambic tetrameter (four feet of unstressed/stressed syllables), with seven (sometimes six, depending on the version) stanzas each composed of two rhyming couplets. It is often used for scholastic purposes for its regular meter and rhythm. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe Come liv...

She Walks In Beauty written by Elesmere Jara (194043) ⭐THE POET ⭐ 🌜George Gordon Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824)🌛 🌜Died: in the age of 36 years old🌛 🌜Poet, politician, nobleman🌛 🌜Literary movement: Romanticism🌛 🌜Studied at Trinity College at Cambridge🌛 She walks in beauty is a poem written by Lord Byron written in 1813 which describing about the beauty of a lady in terms of her overall characteristics. The writer did lots of comparison about her complexion, appearance and personality. She is said to have a sweet expression and beautiful thoughts in mind. She seems to be a precious and adorable lady for the writer. The dark and light imagery often used by Lord Byron to describes this lovely lady and balancing it. Lord Byron is an observant person in parts of seeing in exteriors and interior impressions of that lady which is not only about the facial but also the mind and the heart depicting that she is so idyllic. The physical beauty...

Notice: due to the writer did not send a correct format for the blog, the pictures could not be posted to the blog. Here is the original copy: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FJ9BBFeQAK5lnCOSTP-Vjq4Dkm8C4QIy Winter soldier——The Byronic Hero By: ZHOU QI “ Bucky Barnes, the only one who sacrificed in the roaring commandos.” “James Buchanan Barnes, the notorious hydra agent.” People evaluate James Barnes in totally different ways.   Bucky Barnes (James Buchanan Barnes), my favorite Marvel Comics character also known as the Winter Soldier, who later briefly assumed the role of Captain America when Steve Rogers was presumed to be dead. Everything follows will be about him.                                   When it comes to Bucky Barnes, we have to talk about Captain America，Steve Rogers who is regard as American idol and peop...

Byronic Heroes and Their Characteristics (with a little dash of pop culture) A portrait of Lord Byron by Henry Harlow The Byronic Hero is a term to describe an archetype, or a character type in literary works. The term was derived from the famous 19 th century English Romantic poet; Lord Byron. The defining features of the character type came from Lord Byron’s own persona and also from the characters he has written. Most literary scholars and historians consider the first literary Byronic hero to be Childe Harold, the protagonist of Byron's epic poem; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812 - 1818). However, Lord Byron himself is considered as the first truly Byronic hero as he wrote the characteristics of the hero in his writing based on his own life experiences. Historian and critic Lord Macaulay described the character as "a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable o...

Relationship tips by Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is a late 14-th Century Middle English chivalric romance. It’s one of the most well-known stories during the reign of King Arthur. It is an important example of a chivalric romance which usually involves a hero going on a quest that will test his power and self. Its author is unknown, just like Beowulf. It’s a story of how Sir Gawain accepts a challenge by a Green Knight who suddenly appears at King Arthur’s Palace one day. The Green Knight challenge any knight of Arthur’s Round Table to strike him with an axe if he will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts and beheaded the Knight. The Green Knight then stands up and picks up his head and remind Gawain about the deal. A year after Gawain travels to meet the Green Knight at a place called Green Chapel. He stopped by a castle owned by Bertilak de Hautdesert. He was welcomed by the host and his wife Lady Bertilak....

Romantic Literature: The period of Jane Austen. By Norsaleha Sahamin Source: Google Image. Jane Austen is best known as an English author who wrote six popular novels; Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion. Her other writing, Lady Susan was not published until 1871 which the writer never submitted for publication. She was born on 16 th December 1775 in Stevenson, Hampshire, England. Back in Jane Austen’s era, she was not widely known for her writing and only started gaining tension after 1869. Today, her novels including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility are viewed as literary classics, which also linked romance and realism altogether.             During Jane Austen’s early life, she was well-raised by her parents, Cassandra and George Austen as they were living in respectable community members. Her father served as an Oxford-educa...