Jonathan Swift: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), an Anglo-Irish satirist: life, major works such as Gulliver's Travels, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Joseph Conrad: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a Polish-born British novelist: life, major works such as Heart of Darkness, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Lord Byron: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Lord Byron (1788-1824), an English poet: life, major works such as Don Juan, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Mark Twain: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Mark Twain (1835-1910), an American novelist: life, major works such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Mary Shelley: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Mary Shelley (1797-1851), an English novelist: life, major works such as Frankenstein, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Oscar Wilde: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), an Irish writer and dramatist: life, major works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Percy Bysshe Shelley: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English poet: life, major works such as Ozymandias, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Robert Browning: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Robert Browning (1812-1889), an English poet: life, major works such as My Last Duchess, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Robert Frost: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Robert Frost (1874-1963), an American poet: life, major works such as The Road Not Taken, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Rudyard Kipling: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), an English writer: life, major works such as The Jungle Book, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Samuel Beckett: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), an Irish dramatist: life, major works such as Waiting for Godot, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Samuel Johnson: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), an English writer and lexicographer: life, major works such as A Dictionary of the English Language, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), an English poet and critic: life, major works such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Seamus Heaney: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), an Irish poet: life, major works such as Digging, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →T. S. Eliot: Biography, Major Works and Themes
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), an American-born British poet: life, major works such as The Waste Land, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Ted Hughes: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Ted Hughes (1930-1998), an English poet: life, major works such as The Hawk in the Rain, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Thomas Hardy: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), an English novelist and poet: life, major works such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →Virginia Woolf: Biography, Major Works and Themes
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), an English novelist: life, major works such as Mrs Dalloway, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →W. B. Yeats: Biography, Major Works and Themes
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), an Irish poet: life, major works such as The Second Coming, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →William Blake: Biography, Major Works and Themes
William Blake (1757-1827), an English poet and artist: life, major works such as Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →William Golding: Biography, Major Works and Themes
William Golding (1911-1993), an English novelist: life, major works such as Lord of the Flies, and key themes explained for students.
Read lesson →William Wordsworth: Biography, Major Works and Themes
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), an English poet: life, major works such as Lyrical Ballads, and key themes explained for students.
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