John Donne Biography (Life and Works) John Donne— A Short Biographical Sketch Family background: John Donne was born sometime in the first half of 1572 in the City …
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man summary (Brief Summary) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man summary : A Portrait of the Artist as …
PLOT OVERVIEW The novel begins with Stephen Dedalus’ first memories, when he was about three years old. The fragmented lines are from a childhood story and a nursery song, …
FORM AND STRUCTURE Portrait of the Artist is divided into five chapters, each composed of episodes. Most episodes are separated, by asterisks. The scenes go back and forth in …
POINT OF VIEW Just as the literary style of Portrait of the Artist is more subtle and in some ways more difficult than that of traditional novels, so is …
SETTINGS OF JAMES JOYCE’S NOVELS . England, which from the twelfth century had controlled portions of Ireland, gained near-complete dominance of the island in the sixteenth century. Irish resentment …
CRITICAL CONTEXT Published in 1916 and set in Ireland in the late. Nineteenth A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man established James Joyce as a leading figure …
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 …
Christabel Summary S.T Coleridge’s Christabel Summary 1—22. According to the clock in Sir Leoline’s castle, it is midnight. The cock has begun to crow. Sir Leoline’s mastiff bitch …
Short Hamlet Summary Coming Soon… Long Hamlet Summary ACT I Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark comes to Denmark from the University at Wittenberg on account of his …