1916 is a poem which documents the Irish revolution. In 1800s‚ Irish parliament signed the act of union with Great Britain; hence Irish became the part of Great Britain. As of which the Irish nationalists and revolutionist IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood)‚ they were not happy about it and wanted to gain independence. IRB was formed in 1858 with 2000 members and “Easter 1916” – manuscripts the events of Easter revolution in Ireland. It was Written in 1916 and Published only in 1921. The Question
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of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood‚ leading him to have gained the moniker of "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries‚ the Impressionists. John William Waterhouse was influenced by many of the great artists to have come before him‚ mainly artists from the Renaissance and Classical schools who shared Waterhouse’s love of colour and realist composition. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a major inspiration
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culture. William Morris‚ on the other hand‚ was more ahead of his time. His works often included a resistance to the conventional assumptions of the Victorian Age and he was associated with an artistic reform movement called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This group of artists‚ poets‚ and writers rejected the current artistic movements during the 19th century and tried to focus on the classical eras. The character of Queen Guinevere evolves from an immoral and adulterous woman in Idylls of the
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John Fowles’ novel “The French Lieutenant’s woman” is seen as a postmodern text‚ by the author himself. He is considered to be the first postmodernist in the English literature‚ even though the postmodernist features were less explicit in British literature than in American. The novel resembles a Victorian text‚ but actually it is a critical rewrite of the happy-end Victorian novels. The issue of human freedom has always been an interesting subject to James Fowles. Some say that “The French Lieutenant’s
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The Daughters of King Lear In 1898 Edwin Austin Abbey painted a beautiful depiction of a scene in Shakespeare’s King Lear. The scene is of Cordelia leaving her sisters and all of court after her father‚ King Lear‚ divides his kingdom to her two elder sisters‚ Regan and Goneril‚ leaving her with nothing. This painting has been named many different names such as Cordelia’s Farewell‚ Scene from King Lear‚ and the most fitting‚ The Daughters of King Lear‚ so called in the Yale University organized
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The Woodspurge The Poem The wind flapped loose‚ the wind was still‚ Shaken out dead from tree and hill: I had walked on at the wind’s will‚ I sat now‚ for the wind was still. Between my knees my forehead was‚ My lips‚ drawn in said not Alas! My hair was over in the grass‚ My naked ears heard the day pass. My eyes‚ wide open‚ had the run Of some ten weeds to fix upon; Among those few‚ out of the sun‚ The woodspurge flowered‚ three cups in one. From perfect
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Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti in Historical Context Victorian Era: Victorian Britain‚ 1837 - 1901 Christina Rossetti * Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic‚ devotional‚ and children’s poems * Family: Born in London to Gabriele Rossetti‚ a poet and a political exile from Vasto‚ Abruzzo‚ and Frances Polidori‚ the sister of Lord Byron’s friend and physician‚ John William Polidori. She had two brothers and
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"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril."--by Oscar Wilde‚ Preface‚ "The Picture of Dorian Gray" The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career). A great deal of change took place during this period--brought about because of the Industrial Revolution; so it’s not surprising
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The Woodspurge The wind flapped loose‚ the wind was still‚ Shaken out dead from tree and hill; I had walked on at the wind’s will – I sat now‚ for the wind was still. Between my knees my forehead was – My lips‚ drawn in‚ said not Alas! My hair was over in the grass‚ My naked ears heard the day pass. My eyes‚ wide open‚ had the run Of some ten weeds to fix upon; Among those
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Century Poetry Dante Gabriel Rossetti‟s “My Sister‟s Sleep” Dante Gabriel Rossetti has been known as a poet and a painter of exceptional power. In both genres‚ he was of extraordinary mastery. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (with Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais) in 1848. The Victorian poets experienced transitional age. According to Gilmour‚ they were anxious inheritances of Romanticism. They felt that their ancestors lived in simpler world. Their problem was
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