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Books, Reading and Literary Reflections
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What can be the new research topics in English literature under the larger area of fiction and comparative studies in India?
Read more →: What can be the new research topics in English literature under the larger area of fiction and comparative studies in India?The number of Indians settled abroad or working in the US or UK and writing fiction has been steadily increasing. One could look at this critically in terms of the expat experience, cultural interface and so on. In India English is the answer for breaking social barriers, gainful employment and also acceptance. You can think…
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Fathers and Sons
Read more →: Fathers and SonsFathers and sons is a sad novel. The wasting of a life; of an existence gone awry, all great ideas strewn to dust in the case of Bazarov, the compromise, the decisiveness in love and marriage, the reflective, unperturbed existence in the case of Kirsanov. These are the major themes of the novel. The novel…
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The Good Earth
Read more →: The Good EarthA reflection on Pearl S. Buck’s China, Wang Lung’s devotion to the land, O-lan’s stoicism, and the changing values of a society in transition.
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What are your thoughts about Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice?
Read more →: What are your thoughts about Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice?An excerpt from the notes I had prepared long ago for my Post Graduate study. It gives an interesting perspective about what is so fascinating about Jane Austen and especially Pride and Prejudice. ” Irony penetrates the whole structure of the novel Pride and Prejudice. The irony of Jane Austen is very subtle and we…
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Why is William Wordsworth described as a poet of nature?
Read more →: Why is William Wordsworth described as a poet of nature?William Wordsworth’s poetry is characterized by the poet’s visionary sympathy with the countryside of his birth, which was more powerful for him than any conventional religion. His association with Nature has given him his true education. His poetry provides an affirmation of the relationship between the natural world and the inner self of man. Nature…
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In your opinion, what is Dostoevsky’s greatest novel?
Read more →: In your opinion, what is Dostoevsky’s greatest novel?Each of his novels is great in its own way. But if I had to choose one for the sheer impact and scale of the story I would say Brothers Karamazov. It makes me wonder as to how the human mind can think of such scale of writing. It is a masterpiece which which has…
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What is style in English literature?
Read more →: What is style in English literature?Style in English or for that matter in any Literature is the distinctive way in which writers express their thoughts; so much so that the style of a writer marks his or her presence and intellect at work. To make an example, the style of John Milton is so lofty and grand that it needs…
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Read more →: Tess of the D’UrbervillesI’m Tess of D’Urbervilles; the tragic figure: the love wronged, estranged woman, abused by both the good and the wicked. Perhaps more by the good. Oh! What wrongs goodness can do in its innocence and unknowingness? I’m the tragic heroine if I can be called one. But I’m certainly a tragic figure. It must have…
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Why does Wordsworth prefer rustic and ordinary things as the subject matter of his poetry?
Read more →: Why does Wordsworth prefer rustic and ordinary things as the subject matter of his poetry?Wordsworth’s poetry is characterized by the poet’s visionary sympathy with the countryside of his birth, which was more powerful for him than conventional religion. His association with Nature had supplied him his true education.This is followed by his eager political enthusiasm for establishing a just society and his passion for liberty. When these hopes are…
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I Claudius
Read more →: I ClaudiusRobert Graves’s fictional biography of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Caligula is a fascinating work. It starts with the reign of Augustus and Livia. Augustus is succeeded as Caesar by Tiberius and Tiberius proclaims Caligula as his successor. After the assassination of Caligula and under the most fortuitous circumstances, Claudius is chosen as the…
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Villette
Read more →: VilletteCompleted reading Charlotte Bronte’s Villette. It is a magnificent work. I expected some flashes of brilliance or a craftily arranged plot. What amazed me is the denseness of her imagination and the maturity of her thought. Lucy Snowe the orphan heroine of the novel arrives in Villette searching for a vocation to establish herself and…
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Fathers and Sons
Read more →: Fathers and SonsThis is small introduction to Ivan Turgenev’s classic novel Fathers and Sons. To those of us who do not know the Russian society, its intense engagement with the questions of life, politics and philosophy at the turn of the 19th century Fathers and Sons is a must read. Turgenev achieves the serene detachment of Tolstoy…
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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.