John Dryden (the father of English criticism)
1631-1700
Dryden was born to a countryfamily of moderate fortune.He was well educated in westminister school where he was informed of languages and literature,after that he went to cambridge from where he claimed his B.A.
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William Carey is considered by many to be the father of the English epic. This was a style of story writing in England.
William Shakespeare is the father of English drama.
His father who supplied him with lots of money for college? Well, no, since Shakespeare did not in fact have any postsecondary education (college), and some people doubt that he finished grammar school (high school). His father, although he was rich when Shakespeare was young, seems to have fallen on hard times and may have had trouble paying school fees. This is not to say that Shakespeare's father did not influence him. He may have done, but he didn't influence him by sending him to university.
chaucer known as the father of enlish poetry.when he started writing there was no standard english.he was the first person who intoduced modern english.It is better to say he is the father of modern English poetry.There were some earlier poets in England but their language has ceased to be spoken and their versificatin has become out of date and does not appeal to us any longer
Samuel Johnson referred to John Dryden as the father of English criticism. Dryden was a prominent poet, literary critic, and playwright during the Restoration period in England. His critical works greatly influenced the development of literary criticism in English literature.
"As he is the Father of English Poetry, so I hold him in the same Degree of Veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil:..." John Dryden in the Preface to "Fables, Ancient and Modern" (1700)
Dryden described Chaucer as 'the father of English poetry' because Chaucer was a pioneer of using iambic pentametre and of using English; in the Middle Ages, French was preferred and English was viewed as a common language, so Chaucer's use and manipulation of it was a big factor in shaping the use of the language today.
Grandmother in English. English does not distinguish between the Mother's mother and the Father's mother, they are both called Grandmother.
Where English is spoken, the father of your husband is called your father-in-law.
Aristotle is often called the father of literary criticism because of his work "Poetics," in which he extensively analyzes the components of a successful tragedy. His theories on elements such as plot, character, and spectacle have had a significant influence on Western literary criticism and continue to be studied and referenced by scholars.
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Grandmother in English. English does not distinguish between the Mother's mother and the Father's mother, they are both called Grandmother.
Her father's name was Francis Marbury and her mother's name was Bridget Dryden.
John Wycliffe (1330-1384), the father of the English Bible.
Anne Hutchinsons father was Francis Hutchinson and her mother was Bridget Dryden.