#english-literature

#english-literature

Ben Jonson's extensive writings during the Jacobean Era not only showcased his talent but also positioned him as a literary figure second only to Shakespeare in influence.

Guillory explores the complexities of 'close reading', challenging the notion of it as a straightforward practice and delving into its implications in literary analysis.

Atkinson, who sees her fiction steeped in English children's literature rather than magical realism, embraces her unique storytelling while facing misconceptions about her work.

Both [houses] are filled with art, predominantly by her contemporaries, libraries of extravagant, Borgesian range and curiosa of many kinds, hinting at her unusual fecundity of mind.

Two of the dramatist's most queerly themed plays made it into print that year: Edward II, about the medieval king's passionate desire for his favourite Piers Gaveston; and Dido, Queen of Carthage, a dramatisation of the Aeneid that opened with a remarkable scene of erotic foreplay between Jupiter and his sexual plaything, Ganymede.