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Books, Reading and Literary Reflections
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Irony in Pride and Prejudice
Read more →: Irony in Pride and PrejudiceIrony penetrates the structure of the novel Pride and Prejudice. The irony of Jane Austen is very subtle and we can understand it only when we understand the emphasis and the tone of her language. The very opening sentence of the novel is a fine specimen of verbal irony. “It is a truth universally acknowledged…
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Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
Read more →: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane EyreA close reading of Jane Eyre as a novel of conscience, independence, moral resolve, deprivation and the sustaining presence of nature.
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The Romantic Poets
Read more →: The Romantic PoetsRomantic poetry or poetry by the Romantic poets will have had a lasting impact in the formative years of every poet. After the formative phase is over, a writer may evolve a poetic voice of one’s own or adopt a more contemporary or impacting narrative poetic form in line with their preference. But who has…
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What does Theory with a capital T means, in context of literary Studies?
Read more →: What does Theory with a capital T means, in context of literary Studies?Theory in the context of literary studies would mean the Canon of texts which constitute the body of criticism that has emerged over a period of time to address the study of literary texts.Theory cannot be wished away since the obliteration of theory also has to be theorised. Looking at the evolution of literary studies…
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Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre
Read more →: Little Drummer Girl by John Le CarreIt is sheer master class fiction considering the sparse story on which it is built. A young English actress is recruited by the Israeli secret service to infiltrate the Palestinian terrorist network and the drama that unfolds before and after this ‘event’ as such, is what this 615 page novel is all about. This is…
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Of love and other demons
Read more →: Of love and other demonsOf love and other demons by Marquez took me into familiar territory; the territory in my cerebral space which is especially reserved for the fictionary tales of Marquez. This space gets activated as the indicators that receive signals begin to infuse my creative imagination, for reading a manuscript from Marquez is like awakening my dormant…
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The Great Gatsby
Read more →: The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby is an American novel. It is a ripping and incendiary tale about the single minded pursuit of a love interest and the stoic determination to renew the strands of an existence interrupted by misfortune, loss, war or in equal social position. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues Daisy Buchanan, his love-mate, idol…
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What are the broad cultural, stylistic and philosophical differences between the writings of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy?
Read more →: What are the broad cultural, stylistic and philosophical differences between the writings of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy?Thank you for posing the question, as it has helped me arrange a few thoughts about both the writers. When you read the works of Tolstoy you get a feeling that you are listening to the words of a saint. Tolstoy's work can be compared to a mighty ocean or a pinnacle of glory beckoning…
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Dead Souls
Read more →: Dead SoulsGogol writes with fantastic clarity and energy. His realism is no artificial endeavor. He sees everything exactly as it is. His hero-villain of the novel Pavel-Ivanovich Chichikov is by all means a rogue. But the novelist at no place goes to excesses either to vilify or to redeem his character. He sees him as he…
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Russian Short story
Read more →: Russian Short storyReading ‘The Cloak’ by Gogol, I felt the sights and smells of St Peters burg swimming in my head. The poor nameless clerk, loses his cloak and in his effort to retrieve it, he loses his life. Gogol’s effort is not to evoke our pity for the Lilliputian hero (protagonist), but level his subtle sarcasm…
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Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair
Read more →: Becky Sharp in Vanity FairWho is happy in Vanity Fair? Who has not a desire in Vanity Fair? This is a world of charades. The subtitle of the novel “A novel without a hero” appears to be apt as all the characters appear to be flawed to a greater or lesser degree. Among all of them Rebecca Sharp is…
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Can we place Paradise Lost in the Neoclassical age?
Read more →: Can we place Paradise Lost in the Neoclassical age?Perhaps not. Chronological record may show John Milton nearer to the likes of Dryden, Pope and Congreve but the spirit of the epic is certainly Renaissance in spirit and the tone certainly classical not neo classical. The story is not ordinary satirical stuff about common things but about justifying the ways of God to man.
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చివరకు మిగిలేది
Read more →: చివరకు మిగిలేదిబుచ్చిబాబు ‘చివరకు మిగిలేది’లో దయానిధి వ్యక్తిత్వం, ప్రేమ, అన్వేషణ, వైరుధ్యం, శూన్యం మరియు సత్యాన్వేషణ గురించి నా ఆత్మీయ సాహిత్య పరిశీలన.
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నేను చదివిన పుస్తకాలు — Part 2
Read more →: నేను చదివిన పుస్తకాలు — Part 2More books, more conversations, and the many ways they stay with us.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Read more →: The Count of Monte CristoAfter finally reading the unabridged novel, I reflect on Dumas’s immense canvas of adventure, suffering, revenge and the sheer exhilaration of storytelling.
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మనసు లోని మాట
Read more →: మనసు లోని మాటదూరం, ఊరు, బాల్యం, స్నేహం, ఇంటి జ్ఞాపకాలు — మనసులో మిగిలే తియ్యని బాధను పలికించే జ్ఞాపకాల కవిత.
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Revisiting
Read more →: RevisitingA look back, not to return, but to understand — and to move forward more gently.