2013年5月7日 · Anyway, I love making lists, if only because it allows me to clarify my own opinions, so I thought I would make one trying to list the 100 greatest English language poets. …

In the genre of the novel, Jonathan Swift is probably most well-remembered. In all honesty, the Enlightenment was a bit of a dry spell for English literature. Working in the shadow of the …

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet, credited with ushering in the English Romantic Movement with the publication of Lyrical Ballads(1798) in collaboration with Samuel Taylor …

Though reduced now to the level of cliché, Rene Descartes’ famous maxim sums up perfectly the philosophical underpinnings of existentialist thought. Existentialism has its roots in the writings …

The work of French novelist and playwright Emile Zola is often pinpointed as the genesis of the Naturalist movement proper. His most famous contribution to Naturalism was Les Rougon …

While essayists and novelists were confronting social issues head-on, poets for their part remained ambivalent at best. This self-induced coma gradually lifted, and by mid-century most …

Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925, showcases the full range of her talents, as well as demonstrating the effervescent stream of consciousness style for which she was famous. …

Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824). was as famous in his lifetime for his personality cult as for his poetry. . He created the concept of the 'Byronic hero' - a defiant, melancholy young …

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), English poet wrote Sonnets From The Portuguese (1850); How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and …

2019年7月23日 · Ten Greatest poets in the English language: 1. Shakespeare 2. Milton 3. Wordsworth 4. Keats 5. Dickinson 6. Wallace Stevens 7. Blake 8. Byron 9. Eliot 10. Pound …