Ready Reference Treatise: All the King's Men

By Raja Sharma

Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

All the best.

Raja Sharma

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Nov 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301248063

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: All the King's Men

Raja Sharma

Copyright@2012 Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Preface

Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

All the best.

Raja Sharma

Chapter Two: About the Author

Robert Penn Warren was born on 24th April, 1905, Guthrie, Kentucky. He is regarded as one of the outstanding authors of the 20th century.

As a novelist, poet, critic, and a scholar, Robert Penn Warren achieved a great success in his life. His writing career was quite successful, and there was acclaim from all sides. His writings brought him both name and fame. Warren was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He was honoured by the accolade of the Poet Laureate of the United States of America. For his writing achievement he was awarded a Congressional Medal of Freedom.

Warren was the founder of the Southern Review. His contribution to the New Criticism was great in 1930s and 1940s.

Right from his early age, he began to show his exceptional talent and intelligence. His college education took place at Vanderbilt University. He met some of the most important literary figures of the time there. The figures, which contributed to the Southern literature, included Allan Tate and John Crow Ransom.

At Vanderbilt University he won a Rhodes scholarship to pursue his studies at Oxford University in England.

While Warren was living in Italy, he composed a verse drama titled Proud Flesh. The drama was based on the themes of political power and moral corruption.

During his professional career at Louisiana State University, Warren had closely monitored the rise of Huey