British & American Literature

The Tempest Plot Summary of Shakespeare’s Play The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most enchanting and enchanted plays: a fantasy or ‘romance’ featuring a [...]

King Lear Summary of Shakespeare’s Play King Lear opens with a conversation between the earls of Kent and Gloucester, in which the audience learns [...]

The Dead Summary & Analysis The Dead by James Joyce At the annual dance and dinner party held by Kate and Julia Morkan [...]

The old man at the Bridge Summary & Analysis Old Man at the Bridge About the Author Ernest Hemingway was born on July [...]

The Chimney Sweeper II (Songs of Experience) A little black thing among the snow,Crying “weep! ‘weep!” in notes of woe!“Where are thy father [...]

The Chimney Sweepers I (Songs of Innocence) When my mother died I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould [...]

My Mistress’ Eyes My Mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun:Coral is far more red than her lips’ red:If snow be white, why [...]