AD's English Literature

A Set of 26 Objective Questions & Answers UGC NET ENGLISH QUESTION BANK 1. One important feature of Charles Lamb’s style is humour and pathos . Lamb's literary career included the writing of poetry, plays, essays (Essays of Elia in 1823 and Last Essays of Elia in 1833)., stories( Tales from Shakespeare in 1807) and literary criticism (Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare in 1808). Read More A to Z (Objective Questions)       2 . The title of the poem The Second Coming is taken from The Bible ( Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28). 3. The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is Satan . 4. Feminist critiques of To the Lighthouse have drawn very different conclusions about its gender politics. Elaine Showalter suggests that the novel is a retreat from feminism into mysticism, while Toril Moi argues that it is a radical feminist attack on the logic of patriarchal male society...

“Because I could not stop for Death” Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle – We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground – Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity – Heralded as one of the most gifted American writers, Emily Dickinson ’s  poems were struck by her succinct style and the intensity of emotio...