Kubla Khan

Religious Criticism on Romantic Period Poetry Religion in the Romantic period was significantly affected by the French Revolution, as were most parts of social and political life. Catholicism was on the rise and becoming the mainstream religion. However, many opposing perspectives and rebellious attacks were being made on the establishment of organized religion (Betros). Religious diversity is reflected throughout the written works of this period among numerous poets, and this increased…

fascinating era of Romanticism emphasized the emotional and spiritual representation of the unattainable ideal. It was a very nostalgic grace of past ages and predilection for exotic themes. We all know that seeing is more important than hearing. Back then sound was extremely important and detailed realistic sets were not the norm. The orchestra seats which had up till then been the cheap seats became more valuable. The upper galleries were the cheapest. Audiences especially in the upper…

Romanticism is a rebellion against neo-classicism. During the Romantic period, the English Civil war taking place and the pressure felt from the external world led them to feel insecure. Therefore, Romanticism took place and they focused on individualism, inspiration, imagination, intuition and idealism. For these five motifs to succeed, the writers during this era looked upon nature and considered nature as the source of all the five motifs. Therefore, nature became the main theme in the…

An individual’s identity is shaped through a complex interaction between internal and external forces which form the basis of one’s values and attitudes. Orson Welles’ revolutionary film Citizen Kane (1941) examines the psychologically damaging effects of internal conflict brought on by parental neglect and the morally corruptive impacts of an unchecked pursuit for power and influence. While a critical analysis may provide insight into these notions, the prevailing notion posited through the…

the inner self and the truth behind human motives. It is obvious in the writing of Coleridge, because he has a lot of symbolism in his stories. He had a deep seated love for Christianity and the supernatural, some of which was shown in his story, “Kubla Khan.” Coleridge was a highly devout Christian, even going around as a travelling pastor around 1810. Which is why all of his works seem to center around Christianity. He was of the Anglican denomination and allowed it to flow into his work.…

As early as the 1790s, then, Ann Radcliffe firmly set the Gothic in one of the ways it would go ever after: a novel in which the central figure is young woman who is simultaneously persecuted victim and courageous heroine. But what are we to make the next major turning of the Gothic tradition that a women brought about a generation later? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in 1818, made over the Gothic novel into what today we call science fiction. Frankenstein brought a new sophistication to literary…

equaled destruction for the indigenous tribes of the nation. The American government weaponized Manifest Destiny and used it as a reason to push and shove the Natives out of their home territories. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge warned in his poem “Kubla Khan,” “And all should cry, Beware! Beware!” as a claimed and touched area is no longer a paradise, no longer a utopia. The lands seized and claimed by American explorers opened up the Natives and environment to a world of new consequences and…

James Joyce is said to be one of the most innovative and influential writers of the modern time. He was a novelist, poet, short story writer, and a playwright. Joyce made “the modern world possible for art,” according to T.S. Elliot (Litz 16). James Joyce was an Irish modernist writer. His writing was known for its intricacy and vulgar comedy. He pushed the limits with books such as Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. In his writings, Joyce was always meeting himself “in ways which must at times have…

Jorge Francisco Isidore Luis Borges (24th August 1899-14th June 1986)’s Other Inquisitions (1964) [originally published as Otras Inquisiciones in 1952] forms a necessary complement to the fictional entities of Fictions (originally published as Ficciones in 1944) and The Aleph (published as El Aleph in 1949) which made him a towering personality in Latin American avant-garde literature. Poet, essayist, critic, translator- Borges is truly a virtuoso. His fiction, a vortex for seemingly the entire…