Ozymandias
Next in a series on romantic literature, this poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a classic. Published in 1818, it is one of Shelley’s most famous works. The romantic poets were lovers of antiquities and their writings dwelt on themes such as fate and the supremacy of nature over human efforts. I met a […]
Tess of the D’Urbervilles and the Modernist “ache”
Upon reading Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one feels distinctly manipulated. The text is so melancholy, the characters so pitiable, society so repressive and unjust. One wonders “what essay is Thomas Hardy writing through his novel about his world”? Why does he wish to make his readers so miserable? The story is set in the 1870s […]