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The blog November 2026
Study notes, close readings and exam-focused essays on English literature, literary theory and poetry.
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“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” – these enduring words from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses” have resonated through the ages motivating many readers to...
Introduction One of Robert Browning’s more enigmatic works, Women and Roses, takes readers on a journey through a dream landscape filled with roses and women symbolizing love, loss, and...
Robert Browning, a prominent Victorian poet, is celebrated for his dramatic monologues and complex portrayals of human emotion. His poem, “Love Among the Ruins,” encapsulates his ability to juxtapose grandeur...
Introduction: The Henna Artist Has the grace of henna patterns ever caught your eye? Have you spotted beauty in how tradition and modern life blend? The Henna Artist...
Rosarita (2024) is a short novel by Anita Desai. Bonita, a young Indian woman studying in Mexico, meets a stranger who claims to have known her mother there, years ago, as an artist called Rosarita.
Are you ready to dive into the profound world of Kamala Das’s evocative poem, “Dance of the Eunuchs”? Whether you’re a student of literature, a poetry aficionado, or...
Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day consistently garners admiration for its introspective deep dive into family relationships, personal memory, and the inevitable flow of time. For many readers,...
"A Hot Noon in Malabar" is a poem by Kamala Das from Summer in Calcutta (1965). Living far away in the city, the poet remembers hot afternoons at her family home in Malabar, when beggars, fortune-tellers and strangers from the hills came to the door.
You know that feeling when a gripping mystery grabs you making your heart race with each unexpected development? This happens when you start reading Devil in a Blue...
“In Praise of Folly” isn’t some old book collecting cobwebs in a library corner. Its clever humor and harsh critique of society and the Catholic Church in Erasmus’...