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When did Milton live?
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1608-1674
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When was the pamphlet wars?
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1664-1666
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When did Milton go blind?
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1651
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Who authored "Essays"?
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Bacon
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What's the style of "Essays"?
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- Sententious, aphoristic
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What inspired Bacon's "Essays"?
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- Random tidbits he had recorded in his commonplace-book (Pocketbook)
- His relationship to Michel de Montaigne |
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Bacon's "Essays" was the first use of what?
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The title for the genre "essay"
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In Bacon's opinion, what was the disease of learning?
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Rehtorisim (The belief that the way one says something is more important than what is being said)
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Who authored "Advancement of Learning"
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Bacon
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What's the content of "The Advancement of Learning"?
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Survey of the entire field of learning
Attacks Rehtorisim Here = Example of Bacon as an important figure in Modern Science |
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Who authored "Novum Organum"?
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Bacon
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What's the content Bacon's "Novum Orgum"?
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- Empiricist wants to experience and test previous beliefs for himself
- Warns people against the "ideals" (hindrances as stereotypes, misleading words, pilosphical systems, they're a "box') - Explores different types of "heat" - Bacon wants to make inductive observations to test hypothesis |
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In Bacon's "Novum Organum" what are the 3 different types of "heat" explored?
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1. Molecular Heat
2. Spicy food 3. Cold "burning" |
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T or F Ancient method = ontology, Renisance method = epistemology
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Who authored "The New Atlantis"?
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Bacon
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What's the content of "The New Atlantis"?
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Similar to Moore's Utopia, unfinished
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Who authored "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?
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Robert Burton
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What's the content/backround of Burton's "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?
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This time period-learning means being up on the "authorities" (as opposed to scientific finding)
- Burton's solution to conflicts between science and faith was fideism. |
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Who authored "Religio Medici"?
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Thomas Browne
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What's the content of Browne's "Religio Medici"?
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Here, Reason = knowledge derived from the exercise of reason upon observation
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Who authored "Hydriotaphia"?
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Thomas Browne
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What's the content of Browne's "Hydriotaphia"?
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Includes much allusion
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Who authored "The life of Dr. John Donne"?
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Izaak Walton
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Who Authored "The complete Angeler"?
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Izaak Walton
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What's the content of Walton's "The complete Angeler"?
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More than a fishing book,
- Analogy about fishish - Dialogue - Pastoral |
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Who authored "Leviathan"?
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Thomas Hobbes
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What's the content of Hobbe's "Leviathan"?
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- Lack of a strong government to controll evil-doers
- strong government is needed "to keep the peace" - Philosophy involves materialism and determinism |
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Who authored "The Reason of Church government Urged against Prelate"?
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Milton
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Who authored "Lycida"?
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Milton
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Who authored "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Restored"?
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Milton
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Who authored "Areopagitica"?
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Milton
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What's the form of Milton's "Areopagitica"?
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A speach to parliment
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What's the content of Milton's "Areopagitica"?
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- Not defending absolute freedom of speech, but is afraid of the loss of truth if everything is suppressed except the government's idea of truth
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What was Milton's last pamphelt?
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"Ready and Esay Way"
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When was "Paradise Lost" published?
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1667
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Who authored "on the morning of Christ's Nativity"?
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Milton
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What are 2 noteable things about Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity"?
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1.Dignaty of the language
2. Warmth of the tone |
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Who authored "L'allegro" and "Il Penseroso"?
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Milton
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What are the characters in Milton's "L'Allegro and "Il Penseroso"?
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"L'Allegro" = Cheerful man
"Il Penserso" = the contemplative man" |
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Both "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" contain what?
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-"exorcism" (banishing of the opposite principle
- Invocation of spirit representing the state of mind in the poem - End with music (vivid descriptions, words chosen for their commentate effect) |
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What's the genre of Milton's "Lycidas"?
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Pastoral funeral Elegy
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What's the setting/characterization of Milton's "Lycidas"?
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Setting= countryside
Characters= country folk |
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What's the content of Milton's "Lycidas"?
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- lament
- Reminisciences - Stronger lament of irreparable loss -... Overall, moving from agitation to peace (display's the different stages of grief) |
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T or F the sonnets are part of the Courtly love tradition
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F
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T or F, The sonnets are NOT written in sequence.
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T
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What's the nation associated with Milton's "national poem" "Paradise lost"?
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All of humanity- exemplified in Adam and Eve
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Identify "national poem"
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A nation's experience is exemplified in a national hero
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What's the content of the introduction of Milton's "Paradise Lost"?
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- Milton expresses his desire to contribute a great epic
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What's the mode of Milton's "Paradise Lost"?
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Blank Verse (Metrical verse, unrhymed)
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Describe Satan as Monarch of Hell in Milton's "Paradise Lost"
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- Deceiver/ Self-decieved
- Abuser of rhetoric - Full of malice - Manages Hell with : deception, intimidation, rhetorical tricks, collusion with Belezabub |
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Identify this quote:
"Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall" |
From Milton's "Paradise Lost"
God, speaking of Man |
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Identify "Theodiacy" as it pertains to Miltons "Paradise Lost"
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It a way of Milton addressing the problem of evil
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T or F. Adam and Eve must be tempted. Explain.
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- This is God's desire - Reason Satan is let go after being discovered in the garden |
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T or F. Durring the time of Milton, very few authors were full-time artists
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T- composition was typically ore of a hobby then a career
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In Milton's "Paradise Lost" what is the real threat, external or internal evil?
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Internal
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Identify Rapheal
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Character from Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Angle who comes to warn Adam and Eve about Satan's coming temptation. - eats food - Describes "the great chain of being" (idea that there is a heirarchy that governs all things, succession of more earthly things to more spiritual things, Reason perceeding upward from discourse to intuition |
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Desribe Satan's revolt and Abdiel's Dissent in Milton's "PL"
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It all starts when Satan is displesed about Jesus being declared as God's anointed.
Abdiel functions as a foil for Satan. - ideas about Satan's folies/stupidity |
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In Milton's "PL" what's the purpose of creation?
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- God creates the world to demonstrate his power/glory to Satan
- Important component of Milton's theodicy - God is all knowing/wisdom, all powerful, AND evil exists - Provides examples in the moral history of humanity |
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Identify theodicy
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Attempt to solve the problem of evil. Term coined by Leibniz
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Identiy "felix culpa"
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Medivel doctrine. "The forunate fall"
(Creation, restoration of Adam and Eve, Salvation History) |
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In Milton's "PL" what's Satan's cheif ploy in temptation?
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God is not really good!
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In Milton's "PL" what's Adam's first response to sin?
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Lust for Eve
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In Milton's "PL", After enjoying the evil fruit, and sex, Adam and eve do what?
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Blame eachother
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Discuss Adam and Eves marriage in Milton's "PL"
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- Example of God's goodness to humanity (in the institution of marriage)
- Adam's excessive attachment to Eve: foreshadowing of the pyschological process of the fall, technical term = uxoriousness, puts Eve ahead of God and the responsibility God has given him= MORAL LAPSE |
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Who authored "The Alter"
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Herbert
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What's the form/genre of Herbert's "The Alter" and "Easter wings"
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Shaped Poem
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T or F. Herbert was a Pastor as well as a poet
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Who authored "The Collar"
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Herbert
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What's the content of Herbert's "The Collar"?
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Acknowledges the imperfections of the speaker's devotion to God
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Who authored "Delight in Disorder"?
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Herrick
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What's the content of Herrick's "Delight in Disorder"
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- Sheds light on the male's view of the aesthetics of female sexuality
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Who is the author/what's the content of "Farewell to Sack"
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Herrick- The love of alcohol is possibly meant to intimate alcoholism authored in the speaker
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Who authored "A married State"?
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K. Philips- (F)
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What's the message of Philip's "A married State"?
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Advice against marriyng
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T or F Marvell stuck mainly to Lyrics.
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T or F Marvell was VERY neoclassic
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F
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who authored "To his Coy Mistress"?
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Marvell
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Who authored "The Hunting of the Hare"?
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Margaret Cavendish
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What's unique about Cavendish's "The Hunting of the Hare"?
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Earlist English text (Sider) from an Animal's point of view
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Who authored "A True Religion"?
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Cavendish
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What's the genre of Cavendish's "A True Religion"?
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Autobiography
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What's the content of Cavendish's "A True Religion"?
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-Talks about going to court, falling in love
- Intimate/detailed expression of her feelings and circumstances - Public regarded it as "disgraceful" - Somewhat prejudice towards women - Written for herself |
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Who authored "The Blazing World"?
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Cavendish
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What's the genre of Cavendish's "The Blazing World"?
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Prose Fiction
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What's the content of Cavendish's "The Blazing World"?
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- depicts a woman with "absolute Power" over the whole world
-The world depicted is antifeminist in religion and politics |
