James Joyce Biography LIFE OF THE AUTHOR james joyce biography:James Joyce was born in Dublin. His father, John Stanislaus Joyce, was an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics and tax collecting. Joyce’s mother, Mary Jane May Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. …

John Donne Biography Table of Contents JOHN DONNE BIOGRAPHY (LIFE AND WORKS) JOHN DONNE— A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John Donne Biography FAMILY BACKGROUND: John Donne was born sometime in the first half of 1572 in the City of London. His father was a prosperous merchant of Welsh ancestry, who rose to be warden of the Ironmongers’ …

JOHNSON A SHAKESPEAREAN EDITOR Introduction. The two most outstanding contributions of Dr. Johnson are his Dictionary and his edition of Shakespeare’s plays. As far as the latter is concerned, Johnson was amply qualified for the task which required tremendous zeal and endless endeavor. Johnson, as an editor, had, a clear plan of what he had to do …

JOHNSON AS A LITERARY CRITIC Introduction. Among the most renowned critics Johnson’s position is second to none. It is true that we often find ourselves disagreeing with what he says, and some of his arguments may not be convincing, yet most of his view points are well argued and intelligible. He is generally regarded as a …

JOHNSON AS A SHAKESPEAREAN EDITOR Ans. Introduction. Bringing to his task as editor his own already vast prestige as lexicographer, poet and moral essayist, Johnson was in a position to edit the plays of Shakespeare in a scholarly as well as critically sound manner. Johnson with his edition initiated that phase of English literary history which is known …

JOHNSON ON POETIC JUSTICE AND SHAKESPEARE’S MORALITY Joseph Wood Krutch : It should also be remembered that in one respect, at least, Johnson’s effort to discover the moral as well as the other qualities of Shakespeare carried him a definite step beyond his contemporaries; he saw, as most of them did not, that one must always contemplate the whole …

JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE’S DEFECTS “Shakespeare with his excellences has likewise faults sufficient to obscure and overwhelm many other merit”. Bring out the main criticism Johnson levels against Shakespeare and examine their validity in detail.Or,What, according to Johnson, are the shortcomings of the plays of Shakespeare? To what measure do you agree with him in this regard? Ans. Introduction. In his Preface , …

JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE’S MERITS Johnson Wood Krutch : If, as may certainly be maintained, the final test of a critic is willingness and ability to recognize excellence even when he cannot account for it, to be able to put loyalty to greatness before loyalty to his own theories, then Johnson passes that test with flying colours like …

JOHNSON ON THE MERITS OF SHAKESPEARE Q.9. ‘It is proper to inquire by what peculiarities of excellences Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen.” Substantiate the points Johnson cites in favour of Shakespeare’s dramatic art.Or,What merits does Dr. Johnson find in Shakespeare ? Howfar do you agree with him in this respect? Ans. Introduction. Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare is mainly …

JOHNSON ON THE ‘UNITIES’ JOHNSON ON THE ‘UNITIES’ Ans. Introduction. In order to have a clear idea of all that concerns the three unities, we have to see first what neo-classicism considered them to be. The neo-classicists held them as having the genuine sanction of the real classicists of ancient Greece and Rome. These unities are mentioned in Aristotle’s Poetics as …