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1 ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1625-1700 )

2 Two historical periods: Puritan Age Restoration Dominant poetic genre – elegy ( a sad and thoughtful poem lamenting the death of a person) Prosaic works: pamphlet ( a leaflet or paper-covered booklet containing information (often political) or treatise) treatise ( a formal article or book that deals with the facts, evidence and conclusions on a specific subject

3 Literary trends: metaphysical poetry - a highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits, incongruous imagery, complexity and subtlety of thought, frequent use of paradox, and often deliberate harshness or rigidity of expression neoclassicism - a literary movement during the latter part of the 17th century characterized by logic, order, wit and the emphasis of form over content

4 Metaphysical poetry John Donne (1572-1631) basic genres: sermons meditations love and religious lyrics, e.g.: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Poetry collection: Songs and Sonnets

5 John Donne’s famous quotations “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main…” “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee".

6 Metaphysical poetry (cont’d) Andrew Marvel (1621-1678) – Donne’s follower Lyrical poetry To His Coy Mistress The Garden The Mover’s Song Upon Appleton House

7 Metaphysical poetry (cont’d) George Herbert (1593-1633) Religious poetry (hymns): King of Glory, King of Peace Let all the World in Every Corner Sing Teach me, My Cod and King Poetry collection: The Temple: Sacred Poems

8 Neoclassicism Founder: Ben Jonson (1572-1638), prominent poet and dramatist lyrical poetry : To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare Song to Celia

9 Neoclassicism (cont’d) Ben Jonson’s plays: Every Man in His Humour (comedy) Volpone, or the Fox (comedy) The Silent Woman (comedy) The Alchemist (comedy) Sejanus His Fall (tragedy) Catiline His Conspiracy (tragedy)

10 Neoclassicism cont’d Sons of Ben or the Tribe of Ben Robert Herrick (1591-1674) Richard Lovelace (1618-1657)

11 John Milton (1608-1674) Basic genres: pastoral elegy epic poetry lyrical poetry poetic drama political pamphlets Authored: Comus Arcades Lucidas Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes

12 John Milton (1608-1674) cont’d Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification.epic poemblank verseverse The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation ofAdam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. BiblicalFall of ManAdam and Evefallen angelSatanGarden of Eden

13 John Dryden (1631-1700) Outstanding poet from the Restoration period, Poet laureate -heroic couplets -poetic drama -satiric poems Heroic Stanzas Absalom and Achitophel A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day

14 John Bunyan (1628-1688) Religious writer, the author of 60 books and tractates Defence of Justification by Faith The Life and Death of Mr. Badman The Holy War The Pilgrim’s Progress (the first imaginative prose in the English literature)

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