5 Tips for getting good marks in English Honours exams - C.U.English Honours Study Help

Studying and scoring good grades/marks in English honours is a great challenge. A lot of students take English honours because of their love for the literature and there is nothing bad about it. Before you go for it, make sure you have a good vocabulary and good writing skills so you can frame your answers which doesn't appear childish and immature.

Studying English at the Calcutta University level or any other university is a different ball game altogether. You are expected to read classics, broad epics, serious dramas, captivating novels, though-provoking poems, hardened short stories and much more. 

Your course is divided over the British, American and Indian literature which broadens your perspective and understanding of the society as whole. It is certainly demanding. Seeing the whole course syllabus might be a daunting exercise and going through the first few classes might leave you clueless. 

You have to study a lot and get your understanding to the next level in order to come up with answers which pleases the college professor and university examiners. This results in the unmistakable 'want to get good marks in B.A. English Honours'. So, here are 5 definite tips of acing your English Honours course with flying colours in no time.

1. Know the story/poem/drama first

Read the novel, poem or drama first. 

Understand the story first. 

Once you know the story then you should start making the critical study, where you mark the 

• Important dialogues, sections, moments
• Drastic changes in character & their motivation
• What made them to do certain things?
• How certain events changed the course of action for the story
• Who betrayed who? why they did it?

2. Know your author

A little bit of knowledge about the author will help you understanding his work better.

• Run a background check on the author
• Where was he born, lived and wrote the novel/poem/drama you are reading 
• What were the socio political conditions during that time
• What things impacted his writing

Once you know this you will start seeing its impact in author's writing.

3. Change your perspective and dive into critical essays

So you have read the work, understood the author. Now you have a pretty good idea about the work and what it wants to speak to you.

But you know that is your understanding and on basis of that you had built your perspective.

It's time to broaden your mind.

Start reading critical essays.

It will help in 

• Understanding the writing style of the author
• Analyzing the broader, larger and overlooked themes present in the work
• How the people & society were presented will be more clear

Now you are ready to write answers which shows that you have command over the subject matter.

4. Write answers every week

Start writing answers each week to get better at writing answers at university level.

• You know the work, author and in sync with critical analysis.
• You should start writing your own answers by taking questions from previous university exams.
• Get it checked by your professor
• Your professor will let you know what you missed on and what are praiseworthy in your answer.

5. Quote - wherever possible

A good answer or essay is one which shows command over the subject matter by injecting with relevant but influential quotes every now and then.

• Quote influential and important dialogues
• Add the Act and Scene or who said it and when while quoting
• Use quote marks when doing it.

These tips will help you not just studying in a better way for the English Honours course but it will also make you understand these works included in your course. Now you can showcase the authority over the course through your answers. We are hopeful that you will get better marks in the upcoming Calcutta University examinations if you abide by these tips.

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Comment on Bankim's treatment of the theme of marriage in Rajamohan's Wife - CU English Honours Notes

The theme of marriage in Rajamohan's Wife

Marriage has always been a great and noble institution. It’s always based on some principles and ideals. For Bankimchandra marriage has proved to be a matter of experiment. In Bankimchandra’s other vernacular language based novels he has shown that how the institution of marriage imbibes all other emotions as well as faith along with. In ‘Durgeshnandini’ there is a matter of love triangle. So as to say in Bankimchandra’s Rajamohan’s Wife he has presented us one of the finest element of love, marriage and sexuality. Actually the characters of his novel are all interwoven by some clear sense saturation as found in characters of Matangini, Rajamohan, Madhav and Mathur also. But their intentions are circled around some false passion or some are of true passion to some extent. The theme of the novel remains in its own part but things are getting imbibed into it consequently.

For the first thing to say that the conjugal relationship between Rajamohan and Matangini is not satisfactorily for both of them. They don’t share the common ground of feelings. All the way Rahamohan goes to humiliate his wife. He does not pay any respect to her. Her help from Madhav assists Rajamohan to prosper in life. Rajmohan’s reaction as well his marriage with Matangini is a fallen consequence. It does not help them to cope up with the situation. Matangini proves to be a little understanding at the beginning of the novel. But later on her fierceness comes out of her soul to prove herself a potent character. Her relation with Madhav is rather clandestine. Even Madhav does not approve their reaction as because of society. The social boundness and constraint fail to maintain the density of their relationship. They love each other but they do not express to them each. Matangini venture at night rises over the social constraint of marriage. There was fear and humiliation in the marriage between Matangini and Rajmohan. But it is said the institution of marriage should have respect and understanding at first to succeed. But the water was running almost in another direction. Bankimchandra perhaps consciously forbidden the freeness of their marriage just to prepare the ground for a new birth of Matangini. Matangini was forbidden to go out of their colloquial boundary. It was the story of every Indian housewife. Their suffering and endurance were reflected through symbolic representative, Matangini.

Matangini escape from the house is bold step by her even socially as well as morally. The characteristic boldness as well as the potentially force Matangini to go out of the string artificial and virtual boundary of the nineteenth century marriage. It was done with the help of oneself. Matangini in our common opinion was not guilty for the consequences or whatever happened between them. Madhav’s sensible or better be said over conscious figure neglected the unconscious love of Matangini. He raises the social duty and responsibility over petty love emotion. She easily or rather emotionally removes from her life. 

Now, we come to the matter of Mathur. Mathur is a lustrous character. His feelings for his wife Tara lacks in the matter of his sexual order. The theory of polygamy was present in the age. So the writer Bankimchandra has also shown in his novel the sense of polygamy as Mathur marries more than one. His second wife champak is a mean of sexuality to him. He marries her only to satisfy his sexual quench. In fact, in the matter of Mathur his respect for marriage was almost at the bottom. His first wife Tara was a gentle lady but his second wife Champak was relegated to the position of commodity. He used to use her only for his satisfaction. Mathur is such a person with extraordinary outcome but in negativity. To Mathur marriage is only a way of personal intent and he made this likewise. Mathur’s incorporation in Matangini’s life is truly a heinous job. In spite of having two seductive wives at home he desires for Matangini. He even plots to kidnap her and lock her in his own house. Mathur’s love for Tara or Champak is not purely one but his temptation for Matangini proves him a bad character. At the beginning of the novel Mathur makes unconstitutional comment of Matangini as she was returning to fetch water with Kanak.

The society changes its colour according to its need. Mathur’s character is really a knave one. He is socially upstart. However, Mathur’s heart is void of sense and mature sensibility. He comes with a pervert mind. He wants to win the whole world with his own perspective. It is the lust for Matangini that makes him reprehensible. His desires for her is not only that he wants her in her life but he can’t control over his own desire. The world of desire does no longer hold the society in a virtuous way. But the way in the other character of the novel is turned into vice. It is defined by the choices people make. Thus the institution of marriage is shown vulnerable.

Karunamayee’s perversion is an another instance of the falsification of marriage. After the of the arrival of zamindar, Karunamayee decides to change her mind as well as she feels the need for someone who can prove to be her partner for the rest of her life. To justify her decision, she chooses to give the instance of Sita who is in her period of bereavement made the idol of her husband Ram to dedicate her platonic love. But here Karunamayee going to make her love with the servant of the house, Bangshibadan. But here the way she is making love with Bangshibadan is really not an instance of platonic love but a love of sexual desire. The destruction of the ideals and notions of marriage is notably important in this context. The false showing of the concreteness of contemporary social system as well as its forceful consequences come to happen with the same thing. Karunamayee is a lady of symbolism of the mindset of the women of the contemporary society who used to hold the same feelings for some other ones. 

Actually the main point of thinking lies in the fact that a tactful escape from the institution of marriage is due to her manipulation from the marital system that almost blocked one part of the society. The continual neglection of the women and the regardence of marriage like this is really an insulting one for the society. However, the ending of the novel is really a tragic one because of the downfall of each and every character or rather the consequences happen due to their husband. Mathur hangs himself and Tara seems to spend a life of false luxurious. Rajamohan goes to the jail and Matangini seems to spend a mourning life. For all these reasons in the novel the institutions of marriage are stigmatized. The masterful handling as well as the plot of the novel is credited to Bankimchandra.

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Use of symbols in Bravely Fought The Queen - CU English Honours Notes

How does Dattani use symbols to enhance the dramatic impact of Bravely Fought the Queen?

Symbol is a powerful means of communication in literary work. Mahesh Dattani excels in art and craft of symbolic exuberances and imagery. The play Bravely Fought the Queen is moulded by craft of imagery or symbolism. The play replete with rich symbols, imagery, rhythm, sound etc.

The title itself is symbolic. The Queen in the title of the play refers to the legendary warrior queen Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. Alka, the much trodden-upon younger daughter-in-law in the Trivedi family, dreamily identifies with the Rani of Jhansi and longs to put on the costume of the Queen at the masquerade ball being planned. She attempts to rebel against the claustrophobic atmosphere in her home where she is virtually a prisoner. She has been tricked into marriage with a closet homosexual (her sister’s brother-in-law) by her brother (who has been his partner). She has already been thrown out of the house once due to the machinations of her mother-in-law and is in peril of a repetition now. At the end, she bravely fights back.

The bonsai Lalitha brings as a gift for Dolly becomes a central symbol in the play. The bonsai represents a cruel miniaturization of a free spirit. As Lalitha explains innocently and gleefully to Dolly, it involves minimizing the amount of earth that the plant has to grow in, pruning its stem and branches and regularly snipping its roots so that its growth becomes stunted. The dwarfed plant is an artificial creation of human will. It may appear beautiful to some but it is a deformed plant. The symbol begs for a comparison with the situation of women in the Indian scenario – also under grown and stunted in terms of the development of their independent identities. Lalitha points out that the plant gets habituated to its changed ethos and accepts it and moulds itself to it. This is the sad situation of women socially conditioned by their men folk over the ages. 

The bonsai is meant for Dolly, thus associating its symbolism with her. It is also appreciated by Alka, thus pointing to her situation too. Yet another bonsai seen on Sridhar’s desk is described as “odd” and “grotesque”, surely pointing to its basic unnaturalness. What has been accepted (and even found attractive) by the women seems odd in the sphere of the men who have never been restricted or manipulated. Almost all the characters in the play are made to comment on the bonsai in a deliberate attempt at drawing parallels. Daksha, the spastic child of Dolly and Jiten, is an obvious parallel to the stunted and dwarfish bonsai, a deformed child born in pain due to violence inflicted upon her mother.

The interpolated tale of Kanhaiya, the alluring cook, also functions as the potent symbol which denotes disappointment, emptiness and trauma in the women of the Trivedi household. The young cook projected as Dolly’s lover, is merely a figment of her imagination. Apart from this, the face mask, Baa’s bell and wheelchair etc. are the imageries used for expressing some thoughts and idea in the play. The failure of ReVa Tee advertisement symbolizes that the men have failed to understand and recognize the feminine self and equity as human being.

In Act I and in Act III Dolly has Naina Devi’s thumri playing. The symbolism of Naina Devi’s bold decision to sing love songs usually the preserve of tawaifs is central to the play. Dolly tells Lalitha that she married into royalty but still chose to sing like a tawaif. She would surely have been marginalized by society but the wonderful thing is that her husband supported her. Together, they faced all the social ostracism and reproofs that came their way until finally she came to be celebrated as the queen of thumri.

The title of the third and final act, “Free for All” is very symbolic and suggestive. There is a free flow of emotions and passion, anger and hatred, blaming and counter blaming. The women express, assert, and move freely in this act. Dattani presents a kind of familial court in which contention and counter contention takes place till the truth is revealed. The Trivedi brothers are dismissed as scheming and gay, violent and unfaithful. The dramatist disproves the idea of varied spaces for man and woman showing them human beings equal in all respects.

Thus symbolism plays a crucial role in Bravely Fought the Queen to bring home the entire gamut of meaning and implications to the audience. 

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Critically evaluate Homer's Iliad as a primary epic - CU English Honours Notes

Iliad as a primary epic

An epic has been generally described as a long narrative poem, on a grand scale, about the deeds of warriors and heroes, kings and Gods. It is majestic both in theme and style. It is a polygonal heroic story incorporating myth, legend, folktale, religion, and historical events of national or universal significance, involving action of broad sweep and grandeur. Epics are mostly of national significance in the sense that they embody the history and aspirations of a nation in a lofty or grandiose manner. An epic is a cultural mirror with a fixed ideological stance, often reflecting the best and the noblest principles of a nation’s ethos.

“The Iliad” is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy. Written in the mid-8th Century BC, “The Iliad” is usually considered to be the earliest work in the whole Western literary tradition, and one of the best known and loved stories of all time. Through its portrayal of the epic subject matter of the Trojan War, the stirring scenes of bloody battle, the wrath of Achilles and the constant interventions of the gods, it explores themes of glory, wrath, homecoming and fate, and has provided subjects and stories for many other later Greek, Roman and Renaissance writings.

Epic poetry falls into two distinct categories: primary and secondary epic. The Iliad belongs to the former. A primary epic begins in medias res. In Medias Res is Latin for "it begins in the middle of things" and then has flashbacks to explain action leading up to that point. In The Iliad, for example, the story begins after the war between the combined forces of Greece and the forces of the walled city of Troy and their allies has been in progress for nearly ten years.

Like other primary epics, The Iliad also begins with an invocation to a god or gods. The poet, who in those days would have been reciting the epic to an audience, say, at a banquet, began by calling for a blessing--for a god or gods to attend this effort of his. They probably literally believed that the called upon god or muse came into them and, therefore, that it was not the poet who recited, but the god in the poet's body. Poet's, then, were considered very sacred, for they could call down a god and have the god in them, at least temporarily. We continue to have remnants of this belief, of course. We often think of poets or of any true artist as being different or touched by a special hand. In the case of the beginning of THE ILIAD, the poet says something like

"Sing, goddess of epic poetry, the story of the anger of Achilles."

In a primary epic the theme is usually stated at the beginning of the epic, because these poems are so long and so complex, although the basic stories would have been familiar to the audiences, the poet would begin with announcing what the recitation was to be about. The theme or central interest of The Iliad is the wrath of Achilles, which is stated at the beginning of the poem.

A primary epic usually has many epithets. These epithets are re-namings of the characters, gods, or things by stock phrases. An example is the re-naming of Agamemnon and Menelaus as "Atreus' two sons" or "the twin eagles." It is important for us to notice these epithets, first, because they add description, and second, because we get confused about who is doing what if do not recognize the epithets as well as the names.

In a primary epic, there are catalogues of things and characters; there are many lists, both long and short. Just as the Old Testament has catalogues of genealogies--you remember all those begets--just so do ancient epics keep track of the lists of history. In one book of THE ILIAD, for example, there is a list of the ships that sailed from Greece to Troy.

There are long and formal speeches by many characters. You will not have any trouble spotting these. Sometimes they happen in the heat of battle and other seemingly inappropriate times, but more often they occur at various kinds of meetings, as in an assembly of the chieftains.

In a primary epic, Gods intervene in the affairs of human beings in these stories. For example, in Book I of THE ILIAD, Achilles, getting very angry at Agamemnon, starts to pull out his dagger to kill him. Suddenly, a goddess rushes to the side of Achilles to warn him not to be so hasty.

The setting of an epic is vast. The setting of The Iliad is also vast encompassing both the Greek and Trojan islands.  

Epics use the epic simile. An epic simile is a long comparison of two things that are in different classes. They make vivid an image and describe or clarify. An example can be found in the long comparison of Paris Alexander, a Trojan prince, to a fine horse that has been manger fed a long time in a stable. When released to pasture, it races out with quick, sure strides, neck arched, knees high, mane flowing, proud it its beauty and strength, to race to drink from a clear flowing stream. So Paris ran to battle.

The heroes embody the values of their civilization. The physical strength and stamina of Achilles, for example, is made much of. The lifting of the latch of the door of his stockade requires the strength of three soldiers, but Achilles lifts it with one hand. His spear, thrown so lightly, is eighteen feet long. He is a power machine. Today, we all know, a tiny female can have more killing power than Achilles ever dreamed of. We have created compensations--weapons.

Thus, we see that as an epic The Iliad fulfills almost all the requirements of a primary epic.

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C.U. English Honours Second Semester Question Paper 2019 [CC-4]

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   2019

 ENGLISH-HONOURS

Paper : CC - 4

Full Marks- 65

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

 Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

Group-B

(Answer within 600 words)

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences :                1x5

(a) "Vayne man, sayd she', who is the 'vayne man'?

(b) Which are the two rivers mentioned in the poem 'To His Coy Mistress'?

(c) "thou art more lovely and more temperate." What does Shakespeare mean by it?

(d) How many times does Banquo's ghost appear on stage?

Or, Name the two murderers in Edward II.

(e) What is the name of the jester in As You Like It?

Or, "If music be the food of love, play on," -- Who says this and to whom?

2. Answer any two of the following questions (within 600 words):              15x2

(a) The Wife of Bath is one of the first feminist characters in English Literature. would you agree? Discuss.

(b) Comment on Shakespeare's use of imagery with reference to any one of the sonnets in your syllabus.

(c) Consider Donne's 'The Good Morrow' as a metaphysical poem.

3. Answer any one the following questions (within 600 words) :                      15x1

(a) Discuss Edward II as a play on the irony of kingship.

(b) Critically consider Marlowe's portrayal of Isabella in Edward II.

(c) Examine the role of the witches in Macbeth.

(d) Consider Macbeth as a tragic hero.

4. Answer any one the following questions (within 600 words) :                      15x1

(a) Twelfth is a comedy built on the principle of contrast. discuss with suitable examples from the play.

(b) Comment on the appropriateness of the title of Twelfth Night.

(c) Compare and contrast the characters of Rosalind and Celia.

(d) Examine the significance of the woodland setting in As You Like It.

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C.U. English Honours Second Semester Question Paper 2019 [CC-3]

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   2019

 ENGLISH-HONOURS

Paper : CC - 3

Full Marks- 65

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

 Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

Group-B

(Answer within 600 words)

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences :                1x5

(a) "Thy eagle pinion is chained down at last"

       What does "eagle" symbolically refer to in the above line?

(b) What was the last wish of the narrator's ageing mother in "Dawn at Puri"?

(c) To which poet does Toru Dutt allude in 'Our Casuarina Tree'?

(d) What was the name of Mantangini's sister in Rajamohan's Wife?

(e) Who is called "the queen of thumri" in Mahesh Dattani's Bravely Fought the Queen?

2. Answer any two of the following questions (within 600 words):              15x2

(a) 'Our Casaurina Tree' brings out the spirit of romantic nostalgia. Discuss.

(b) 'An Introduction' is a search for an identity. Discuss.

(c) A. K. Ramanujan's 'A River' is about the kinds of relations between the present and the past. -- Elucidate. 

(d) Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'Enterprise'.

3. Answer any one the following questions (within 600 words) :                      15x1

(a) Critically estimate the character of Mantangini in Rajamohan's Wife.

(b) Comment on Bankim's treatment of the theme of marriage in Rajamohan's Wife.

4. Answer any one the following questions (within 600 words) :                      15x1

(a) Comment on the significance of the title of Mahesh Dattani's play Bravely Fought the Queen.

(b) How does Dattani use symbols to enhance the dramatic impact of Bravely Fought the Queen?

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Career options for CU English Honours students

English honours is one of the most sought out choices among the students while pursuing under-graduation degree. Most of the students pursue English honours degree as a passion and some in peer pressure or without giving much due thought. However, not everyone know that this B.A. degree course offers the highest number of career options which can't be found in any other degree course.

This course isn't about improving your hold on the English language through better understanding of grammar or honing the vocabulary. Rather it helps in understanding the development of the English language along with the subsequent rise of the literature across the different ages. Students usually has to go through a number of drama, poetry, plays, short stories, novels and plays to understand how the language and literature has evolved over the course time and what impact it had over society and culture as a whole.

Here are some career options which you can go for after the completion of the English Honours degree course.

As you begin your career you will get to learn a lot about how to write for the specific business. Being an English Honours graduate you will be able to offer grammatically correct content and with your creative writing skills you will be able to hit the right pace. All these jobs are expected to offer a fresher salary of Rs. 10,000 to Rs.15,000 and with a little bit of experience you can earn a handsome salary in time. There are more career options for English Honours graduates which we will be updating in our next blog.

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CU English Honours Syllabus - Second Semester 2021

CU English Honours syllabus for the Second Semester students.

Second Semester students under the University of Calcutta pursuing English Honours usually finds it tough to get a good grasp of the course they are about to study. Having a firm understanding of the syllabus allows a student to frame a good study plan which enables them to get through the course in due time. Here we are putting across the Second Semester syllabus for all the CU English Honours students. Kindly have a look at the CU English Honours syllabus.

B.A. ENGLISH (HONOURS) - UNDER UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

COURSE STRUCTURE

SEMESTER 2: CC3, CC4, AECC2 (ENVS), GE2 (From Other Subject)

 

Course Details

The Marks Division is as Follows:

End Semester - 65

Tutorial - 15

Internal - 10

Attendance - 10

 CC3 (Semester - 2, CODE-ENG-A-CC-2-4-TH/TU)

Indian Writing in English - 6 Credits

(5 Credits Theory and 1 Credit Tutorial)

POETRY

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, 'To Indian, My Native Land'

Toru Dutt, 'Our Causuarina Tree'

Kamala Das, 'Introduction'

A.K. Ramanujan, 'River'

Nissim Ezekiel, 'Enterprise'

Jayanta Mahapatra, 'Dawn at Puri'

DRAMA

Mahesh Dattani, 'Bravely Fought The Queen'

End Semester Question pattern:

Objective - 5 marks

Two questions of 15 marks each from poetry (out of four)

One question of 15 marks from novel (out of two)

One question of 15 marks from drama (out of two)

Recommended Reading:

1. Raja Rao, Foreword to Kanthapura (New Delhi: OUP, 1989) pp. v.vi.

2.  Salman Rushdie, ‘Commonwealth Literature does not exist’, in Imaginary Homelands (London: Granta Books, 1991) pp. 61–70.

3. Meenakshi Mukherjee, ‘Divided by a Common Language’, in The Perishable Empire (New Delhi: OUP, 2000) pp.187–203.

4. Bruce King, ‘Introduction’, in Modern Indian Poetry in English (New Delhi: OUP, 2nd edn, 2005) pp. 1–10

5. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, A Concise History of Indian Writing in English, Ranikhet: Permanent Black

CC4 (Semester - 2, CODE-ENG-A-CC-2-4-TH/TU)

British Poetry and Drama (14th - 17th Century - 6 Credits

(5 Credits Theory and 1 Credit Tutorial)

Social and Intellectual Background

POETRY

Geoffrey Chaucer, 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'

Edmund Spenser, 'One Day I Wrote Her Name'

William Shakespeare, Sonnets 18 & 130

John Donne, 'The Good Morrow'

Andrew Marvell, 'To His Coy Mistress'

DRAMA

Ovid, Selections from Metamorphosis, 'Bacchus' (Book III)

Christopher Marlowe, Edward II OR William Shakespeare, Macbeth 

William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night OR As You Like It

End Semester Question pattern:

Objective - 5 marks 

Two questions of 15 marks each from poetry (out of three)

Two questions of 15 marks each (one from each) from drama (out of four, two from each)

Suggested Readings:

1. Pico Della Mirandola, excerpts from the Oration on the Dignity of Man, in The Portable Renaissance Reader, ed. James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin (New York: Penguin Books, 1953) pp. 476–9.

2. John Calvin, ‘Predestination and Free Will’, in The Portable Renaissance Reader, ed. James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin (New York: Penguin Books, 1953) pp. 704–11.

3. Baldassare Castiglione, ‘Longing for Beauty’ and ‘Invocation of Love’, in Book 4 of The Courtier, ‘Love and Beauty’, tr. George Bull (Harmondsworth: Penguin, rpt. 1983) pp. 324–8, 330–5.

4. Philip Sidney, An Apology for Poetry, in D.J. Enright and Ernst D. Chickera eds. English Critical Texts, Delhi: OUP

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