A Quiet Journey through Literary Depths
A slow turning of the poetic tide from reason to resonance, from order to emotion, from the classical to the human heart. From The Professor’s Desk There are times in the history of literature when no trumpet is sounded, no manifesto declared, yet a quiet revolution begins to stir. The late 18th century was such […]
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As the Age of Wit reached its twilight, Dr. Johnson and his circle preserved the elegance of reason and prose — even as the heart of poetry began to stir anew. From The Professor’s Desk The Augustan Age had left English letters gleaming with polish, but the polish was beginning to wear thin. The triumph
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When poetry abandoned the heart for the head, and drama bowed before decorum. From The Professor’s Desk The theatres had reopened, the crowds had returned, and London once again hummed with song and laughter. Yet beneath this glittering surface, English literature had changed irreversibly. The Puritan age had stripped poetry of its excesses, taught writers
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When theatres were dark, and words learned to walk in prose and prayer. From The Professor’s Desk “The golden mask was folded. The curtain was drawn. But England was not yet done with drama—only its public stage. What followed was an era of silence, of pamphlets over plays, of sermons over soliloquies. It was a
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From The Professor’s Desk Introduction to the Middle English Period (1066–1480) The Middle English period marks one of the most profound transitions in the history of the English language and its literature. The year 1066 stands as a watershed — the Norman Conquest led by William of Normandy altered the linguistic, political, and cultural landscape
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