A Quiet Journey through Literary Depths
From The Professor’s Desk The Great War did not only kill men. It mutilated meaning. The year was 1914. The sun never set on the British Empire, and across Europe, proud nations paraded their flags to the rhythms of certainty and superiority. It was a world—arrogant, armored, and unsuspecting—marching straight into its own unmaking. In […]
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HOME History of English Literature Prose, Novel & Fiction The Literary Scholar’s WitNotes Poetry Appreciation MODERNISM: Literature in a Broken World (Modern Literature from 1901 to ~1955 — shaped by War, Science, Psychology, and Disillusionment) From The Professor’s Desk “A New Century Dawns — But With Strange Clouds” “The year was 1901. Victoria, the great
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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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How Pope, Swift, and their circle forged an empire of order, satire, and style. From The Professor’s Desk The Restoration had crowned wit as king, but even the cleverest jest must give way to a deeper need for order and truth. As England moved into the early 18th century, the nation craved not just entertainment,
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From The Professor’s Desk The Professor’s Desk Opens Again Before we proceed, a gentle invitation from The Literary Professor: if you haven’t yet explored Part 1 of this journey through the Old English Period, do pause and begin there. In that opening chapter, we walked together through the linguistic and poetic landscape of early English
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From The Professor’s Desk Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon or Old English Period The Anglo-Saxon or the Old English Period The Anglo-Saxon period in English literature, also known as the Old English period, spans from approximately 450 AD to 1066 AD. During this time, the Anglo-Saxons, who were Germanic tribes from present-day Germany, Denmark, and the
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