Introduction – Why Bother with Chaucer, Anyway? When people talk about medieval English literature, most folks’ eyes glaze over. Dusty manuscripts, monks scribbling in candlelight, weird spellings you can’t pronounce. But Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales? That’s different. It’s alive. Messy. Human. And—wait, get this—it’s basically a medieval road trip story. A bunch of random […]
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Introduction The Man Who Walked with Shadows Before Leading with Light Do you know that Abraham Lincoln—the tall, rail-splitter boy from the Kentucky backwoods—had less than a year of formal schooling? And yet, this man, armed with grit and relentless self-learning, would one day save the United States from tearing itself apart. Wait, get this…
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Introduction: A Ring, a World, and… a Whole Lot of Trouble The Lord of the Rings isn’t just another fantasy novel. It’s practically a cultural earthquake. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, this three-part saga (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King) has been dissected, adored, and occasionally misunderstood since
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Introduction – A Play That Refuses to Sit Still So, Twelfth Night. Strange, right? You hear the title and it sounds like some winter holiday feast or maybe a medieval drinking game. But really, it’s one of Shakespeare’s most playful, mischievous comedies. Honestly, I think it’s less about the “plot” (though we’ll get there) and
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Introduction You ever read a book and feel like the characters are talking straight to you? Like the words are too sharp, too alive, to just sit there quietly on the page? That’s what The Great Gatsby does. Especially the speeches. Here’s the thing: Fitzgerald didn’t write speeches just for the sake of fancy dialogue.
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Introduction A Poet Who Wouldn’t Sit Still An analysis of John Donne as a metaphysical poet—where do we even begin? Donne was restless, brilliant, sometimes maddening. He wasn’t content with writing simple love songs or neat devotional lines. Instead, he tied knots between body and soul, heaven and earth, lust and God. Strange, right? He’d
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Introduction It isn’t just the stories, the poems, or the plays. It’s the way history, politics, and even the justice system crept into the very rhythm of words. From the rugged verses of Anglo-Saxon bards to the polished sonnets of Renaissance courtiers, literature was never a private act—it was a mirror of the times. Wait,
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Introduction Do you know that one of the most whimsical adventure tales in English literature is actually a razor-sharp critique of society? Yes, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) may appear like a fantastical voyage full of little people, giants, and talking horses, but beneath the surface lies something far more unsettling—an unflinching mirror held up
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Introduction Do you know how some poets never really age? Their words linger, glowing faintly in the air, refusing to be locked into the past. Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of them. Yes, the so-called “mad Shelley,” the rebel dreamer, the eternal romantic. His poetry still feels unsettlingly alive—as though he’s whispering in your ear
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Introduction Do you know that one of the most powerful poems about pride, time, and human ambition barely spans 14 lines? Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is that kind of poem. Short. Cutting. Eternal. It’s a sonnet, sure, but it doesn’t feel like the soft romantic love poems we’re used to. Instead, it comes at
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