Kieran Dolin is Senior Honorary Research Fellow in English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia.He is one of the acclaimed critics of Victorian literary-legal studies and has published widely in...
The Remains of the Day,written by Kazuo Ishiguro,retraces Stevens’life by describing his six-day driving trip:pursuing perfect work and restraining his other feelings…All of these reflect his stubborn,restraint,and ...
BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)a pandemic on March 11,2020.While globally,the relative caseload has been high,Australia’s has been relatively low.During the pa...
Mrs.Gaskell carried an excellent reputation in the Victorian era for her quality works in depicting the many strata of society and social changes[1].Among her classic works,Cranford is said to be the only book that sh...
Before the Victorian era,it was rare for women to be authors and writers to fix the protagonists of their works as female characters.However,in the 19^(th)century,there was a rapid increase of women writers and emphas...
Algernon Charles Swinburne’s late poems encouraging Britain’s aggression against the Boer States are exercises in imperialist jingoism,and seem at odds with the poet's longstanding Republicanism and advocacy of indi...
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners set in the Victorian age. During this period, the rapid develop-ment of science and technology made people ignore the spiritual pursuit and leads to a society ful...
Victorian Era is a historical period in England when classes begin to spring up.And it witnessed the rising of middle class.This thesis mainly discusses the features of middle class,referring to their political state,...
Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The p...
The female characters in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Victory on one hand seem to be either too idealistic or rather uncivilized and insignificant.On the other hand,they have indispensable functions:they prepare the...