Laura's English 264 Blog

William Butler Yeats’ verse has been described as “…an exacting instrument and national inquiry” (1113). In fact, it was his critical eye th...

Survey classes have the advantage over classes that focus just on one author or time period in that one gets to see the pendulum of ideas sw...

World War I set many precedents with the use of technology such as tanks, mustard gas, and machine guns. The high death toll was also a new ...

Thomas Hardy’s pessimism directly contrasts the optimism of the Victorian age. Whereas they saw progress, he saw, as mentioned in podcast #1...

As mentioned in podcast #14, part of the appeal of Gerard Manley Hopkins as a poet is that he produced at least two distinct types of poetry...

Gerard Manley Hopkins’ attempt in “God’s Grandeur”, as may be inferred from the title, is to expound upon the greatness of God. Hopkins acco...

Oscar Wilde was an unconventional man. Known in literary circles for his satires of Victorian society, he is just as well known for his pers...