John Fowles is one of the famous novelists of the twentieth century. The French Lieutenanfs Woman is considered to be his best work in which he demonstrates the interacting natures of fiction and life, culture and ideology, ...

Iris Murdoch, a writer and philosopher of the 20th century, is deeply concerned with such issues as moral philosophy and religion, which also become central concerns in her literary life. The meanings of ethics and morality ...

Harold Pinter‟s The Caretaker (1960) and Edward Albee‟s The Zoo Story (1959), two plays written in the style of Absurd Drama, build around the theme of man‟s alienation in society resulting from the lack of communication ...

William Wordsworth was a social thinker and a man thoroughly engaged in political debates throughout his life, contrary to the generally held perception that he became isolated and disillusioned. In fact, Wordsworth continued ...

Henry James, as an author, was not in isolation from his cultural, intellectual and philosophical impacts dominant in his times. Therefore, he was affected from the philosophical approaches of his contemporaries, Nietzsche ...

Although criticized for her indifference to the Industrial Revolution or Napoleonic Wars, Austen was a keen observer of her society in terms of relations between man and woman. She reflected her observations in her novels ...

Since her childhood George Eliot was a keen observer of her time in terms of human relationships, woman's status in society, and the concept of religion. Eliot reflected her observations in her novels by stating her views ...

In Dracula, Stoker deals with the harmful effects of capitalism acting upon environment and people. He depicts bourgeois characters as neurotic, and as products of industrialism. Count Dracula fights against bourgeoisie ...

James Joyce’s Dubliners depicts the city of Dublin as a metaphor for the Irish soil. Though self-exiled, Joyce the Irish patriot introduces Dublin to be the ancestral matrix from which the Irish may be reborn to claim their ...

E.M. Forster's A Passage to India is considered as his masterpiece. He wrote That novel after he paid two visits to India. Forster in this novel focuses on personal Relationships avoiding the reference to political issues ...