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Today, literary theory is practiced by a vast majority of college literature professors, research scholars, and students throughout English, literature, and humanities departments in North America and Europe. While some literary scholars debate the ultimate value of literary theory as a method of interpretation (and some critics, in fact,
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Comprehensive and accessible, this textbook supports the study of English literature from the Middle Ages to the present, and is designed as a main resource for all English Literature students.
An introduction to the study of English Literature, including discussions of: how to define "literature", why study literature?, how to approach the great books, and English literary periods.
- Timothy H. Wilson
The task of a literary critic is to explain and attempt to reach a critical understanding of what literary texts mean in terms of their aesthetic, as well as social, political, and cultural statements and suggestions.
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England has become stagnant and corrupt in all quarters: the church (‘altar’) has become corrupt, the army and England’s military standing (‘sword’), its writers (‘pen’), and even the home (‘Fireside’). All is corrupted.
Summary. The speaker addresses the soul of the dead poet John Milton, saying that he should be alive at this moment in history, for England needs him. England, the speaker says, is stagnant and selfish, and Milton could raise her up again.
Stagnancy is a sign of slow death. Everything stagnant eventually begins to stink. LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE: I'm happy with things the way they are. Change is too scary for me. This is my life. If I take a risk, I'm going to get hurt. Being safe and secure is the most important thing.
