Essays on Criticism Page 2

Charles Dickens, prodigious as a creator, has undoubtedly painted the richest picture of the English social world in the whole range of literature. His perception of things and characters, not at all limited in scope, is remarkable for its direct keenness and fresh vigor. The writer’s personality adds hue to it by which an incomparable…

Introduction             In 1961, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller was published and became one of the greatest antiwar books to have ever been written.  Heller goes into great length about the meaning of heroism and the meaning of bureaucracy through the lens of wartime violence and satirical dark comedy.  Set in World War II Italy,…