The Classics
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. It encompasses the study of the Greco-Roman world particularly of its languages and literature....
Literature and Life
Literature is composed of those books which by their subject matter and mode of treating it are of general human interest and in which...
More About Ballads
Ballads, as stage performances, enjoyed the status of being one of the main sources of entertainment in ancient times. Legends and historical events were...
Ballad Forms
A ballad is a poem that tells a story, usually (but not always) in four-line stanzas called quatrains. The ballad form is enormously diverse,...
Dramatic Monologue
Monologue refers to a speech or a verbal presentation that a character gives to exhibit his ideas as well as thoughts in a loud...
Levels of Aesthetic Distance
Aesthetic distance, the frame of reference that an artist creates by the use of technical devices in and around the work of art is...
Aesthetic Distance
Aesthetics is a word that comes from the ancient Greeks. It is used to describe the relationship between art and one's perceptions of beauty....
