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Link: https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/war_correspondents For the original, do follow the above link Abstract At its outbreak, newspapers in the Allied and neutral democracies hoped to present vivid descriptions of the First World War. They were soon frustrated. Censorship obstructed the adventurous style of war reporting to which readers had grown accustomed.

A Gresham College lecture by Professor Amanda Vickery on the topic "What did Eighteenth-Century Men Want"

The forgotten Muslim heroes who fought for Britain in the trenches Vivek Chaudhary (For the Guardian) Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war A biting wind whips across the rolling countryside, cutting through the crowd gathered on a hillside overlooking Notre Dame de Lorette, France�s national war cemetery. Huddled

How Colonial Violence Came Home: The Ugly Truth of the First World War By Pankaj Mishra (For Guardian Newspaper) For original, click on the link below Link: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/10/how-colonial-violence-came-home-the-ugly-truth-of-the-first-world-war?CMP=fb_gu "Today on the Western Front,� the German sociologist Max Weber wrote in September 1917, there �stands a

Note: This post is a collection of three various articles, the link of which is given in the sections. It is only text version Section A LINK: http://missdaydreamersplace.blogspot.in/2014/04/oliver-twist-by-charles-dickens-1838.html In an unnamed town a penniless young woman stumbles into a workhouse, gives birth to a baby boy, and then dies soon after. The parish beadle, Mr Bumble,

UGC-NET English: Dec 2014 1. This work was a satire in Ottava rima, attacking George III and Robert Southey. Identify the poem : (A) Dunciad (B) The Vision of Judgment (C) Childe Harold�s Pilgrimage (D) Alastor Answer:(B) 2. Here�s a famous exchange from Arthur Conan Doyle�s Silver Blaze : �Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention ?� �To the curious incident of the

Source: https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/shakespeares-hamlet-context/ Shakespeare�s Hamlet: Context 1. Shakespeare's Theater In Shakespeare�s time, a stage wasn�t just one type of space; plays had to be versatile. The same play might be produced in an outdoor playhouse, an indoor theater, a royal palace�or, for a company on tour, the courtyard of an inn. In any of these settings, men

Source: https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/the-metaphysical-poets/ What is a metaphysical poem? The term �metaphysical,� when applied to poetry, has a long and interesting history. You should know this, but the information in Helen Gardner�s Introduction to The Metaphysical Poets (Penguin)is more than adequate. Luckily, you have no time in an exam for a lengthy discussion. The examiner

For Original, visit the link below: LINK: http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/charge-light-brigade-who-blundered-valley-death The Charge of the Light Brigade: who blundered in the Valley of Death? The Charge of the Light Brigade is one of the most notorious fiascos in British military history. But who should shoulder the blame for this suicidal assault

Link http://neoenglishsystem.blogspot.in/2010/12/precursors-of-romantic-revival-or.html http://www.angelfire.com/nm/nighttime/poetry/transitional.html Introduction: The eighteenth century is usually known as the century of "prose and reason," the age in which neoclassicism reigned supreme and in which all romantic tendencies lay dormant, if not extinct. But that is a verdict too sweeping

Note: For original, visit the link below https://aggsliterature.wordpress.com/social-historical-context-for-top-girls/ British Society in the Early Eighties: How did society change for men and women from the 60s � 70s? What were the social changes that affected women�s lives? Many women entered the work force because they had to, financially and the 60s saw a surge in the

Link:http://americanbookreview.org/100BestLines.asp 1. Call me Ishmael. �Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) 2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. �Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813) 3. A screaming comes across the sky. �Thomas Pynchon, Gravity�s Rainbow (1973) 4. Many years later, as he faced the

Link: https://aggsliterature.wordpress.com/yates-literary-movement/ What Literary Movement most influenced Yates? Romanticism Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part, it was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/computer2english/net-tgt-pgt/mcq-english-literature William Shakespeare(1564 - 1616) (Elizabethan Period) 218)In which town was Shakespeare born?a)Londonb)Cambridgec)Stratfordd)Oxford219)How many children did Shakespeare have?1)32)53)84)12220)How many plays did William Shakespeare write?a)36b)37c)38d)39221)What was Shakespeare's first play?a)King

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/computer2english/net-tgt-pgt/mcq-english-literature The Life and Works of Christopher Marlowe( Elizabethan era)143)One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet?a)Ovidb)Lucanc)Virgild)Horace144) Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with the line "Come live with

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/computer2english/net-tgt-pgt/mcq-english-literature MIDDLE AGES 97. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?a) the Normansb) the Geatsc) the Celtsd) the Anglo-Saxonse) the Danes98. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?a) Frenchb) Norwegianc)

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/computer2english/net-tgt-pgt/mcq-english-literature Poetry 1. Which poem ends 'I shall but love thee better after death'? a. How do I love theeb. Ode to a Grecian urnc. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyesd. Let me not to the marriage of true minds2. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?a. John keatsb. Lord Byronc. Soland. Sappho3. Which

Source: https://swarajyamag.com/culture/how-india-made-britain-more-literate-the-beautiful-tree-beyond-dharampal How India Made Britain More Literate: The �Beautiful Tree� Beyond Dharampal It wasn�t India which improved its schooling system by imitating Britain�s. Rather, it was the other way round. Every Indian learns at some point about how India was educated by the British and how

"LIFE of my life" from Gitanjali By Bijay Kant Dubey The song number four from Gitanjali, beginning with �Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure� is similar in thought and idea, reflection and rhyming as the other poems are in this poetical series coming down to us as song offerings. After thanking God for this life, creation and the world, singing the songs himself,

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