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65 Cards in this Set
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The good marrow
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John Donne
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The Rising Sun
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John Donne
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THe Canonization
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John Donne
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THe Flea
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John Donne
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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
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John Donne
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THe Ecstasy
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John Donne
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Elegy 19: to his mistress going to bed
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John Donne
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Friendship in emblem, or The Seal
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Katherine Philips
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To the Truely Noble, and Obliging Mrs. Anne Owen
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Katherine Philips
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To My Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship
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Katherine Philips
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The World
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Katherine Philips
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Lyric Poets
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Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell
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The Renaissance
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as opposed to the Medieval period which focused on salvation, the Renaissance changed to secular beliefs (humanity). The movement was a "rebirth" of classical and inellectual history, change in attitude of scholars, experimentation of ideas. Representational, realism, questioning, perspective.
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Early Modern Period
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The Term used for the Renaissance period to not offend people
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Protestant reformation
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break from Rome
Break from traditional Catholicism Break from Rome politically |
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The Interregnum
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The period between kingdoms
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Commonwealth
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(1642-1660)
Civil war occurred between army for the King and army of the Parliment (led by Cromwell) Religious changes of Puritans Theatres are closed |
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Restoration of the Monarchy
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1660
Charles II becomes King, government of commonwealth adopted rules similar to autocratic rule |
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1476
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invention of the printing press
importance: more printing/publication and no longer rely on monks |
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1532
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break with Rome
initiates religious dischord among England, no longer obey to Pope or Catholicism |
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1558
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England and Ireland
stable rule, lots of literary expansion |
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1572
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Act for the Punishment of Vagabonds, politician way to eliminate theatre, can imprison someone as wandering actor, establishment of Patron troupes
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1576
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first permanent theatre opens "the Theatre" Blackfriars Dominican monestary
public and aristocratic go to see |
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1603
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End of Elizabethian Rule, enter King James I who believed in monocratic rule - also radical Protestant
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1611
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King James Bible is produced
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1642-1651
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Civil War outbreak of England between King vs. Parliment armies
Result: commonwealth created |
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1649
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Charles I beheaded, Parliment abolishes
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Secular Humanism
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movement away from church towards knowledge, realism, and experimentation of ideas
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Stage Directions/Implied stage directions
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physical movement of actors across the stage as written in the text of the play
(implied): indication of emotion through a spoken phrase |
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Tragedy/comedy
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the character dies in the end due to a tragic flaw
Comedy: go from bad to good, include jokes, tricks, and confusion |
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Tragic Flaw
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characteristic that leads to the character's downfall
character may not be bad, just one flaw can lead to downfall Ex. Faustus wanted to be master of disciplines |
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Calvinism
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controversial Protestantism sect
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TULIP
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Total Depravity: love themselves above God
Unconditional Election: God has prechosen Limited Atonement: Jesus only died for some of us Irresistible Grace: you will come to God Perseverence of the Saints: if you fall, you will come back |
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Folio of 1623
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Shakespeare's work publication
Testament to Shakespeare's status as an author |
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Soliloquy
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a long speech given on stage by a character that other characters do not hear - thinking to themself outloud
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Mimesis
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imitative art, realism, changes with time
i.e. Sidney compares the two saying mimesis is better |
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Digesis
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the contrast
narrative, telling of, but not showing |
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Puritanism
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Religious belief, Protestantism too weak
needed stronger morals considered all forms of entertainment sinful |
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Sonnet
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English and Italian forms
Romantic or love poems speaker (sometimes persona) writes to a beloved (sometimes) unrequited love or frustrated betrayal |
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Italian sonnet
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14 lines, volta, Interlace rhyme
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Octave
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first 8 lines of Italian sonnet
abab, abab, or abba, abba |
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Sestet
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last 6 lines of Italian sonnet
cdecde, cdccdc, cdcdcd |
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Volta
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transition of the poem
In Italian it comes between octave and sestet In English sonnet comes between quatrains and couplet |
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English Sonnet
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Shakespeare used this style
3 Quatrains and a couplet abab, cdcd, efef, gg |
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Couplet
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final 2 lines of an English sonnet, comes right after the volta
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Coterie
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group of like-minded individuals that met to read
normally close friends of the author where sonnets were read in manuscript form |
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Pen name
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persona or fictional character taken by the author
not meant to disguise, served as a game for audience i.e. Astrophil and Stella |
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Persona
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fictional character taken on by the speaker that uses to express author's voice
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Blazon
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dismemberment part by part
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Lyric poetry
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in prose form
expresses emotion |
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Metaphysical Poetry
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connects human experience with disciplines of geography, astronomy, medicine, neoplatonic philosophy, and Christian theology
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Metaphysical Conceit
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underlying metaphor of poem
compares the macrocosm and microcosm views |
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Macrocosm/microcosm
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universal view vs. small 1 person experience, particular view
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Music of the Spheres
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perfect synchronization
concentric globes |
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Epic tradition
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call to epic poets to invoke further heroism and battle in subject matter rather than romantic deeds
i.e. book 9 paradise lost |
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invacatio
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appeals to muse for inspiration
usually at beginning i.e. Book 1 Paradise Lost Muse = God |
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in medias res
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(in the middle of things)
beginning in the middle of action i.e. Satan has just fallen |
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Epic Similie
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plays an idea of perspective
extends for a long time i.e. Satan appears huge to humans, but small to God i.e. Devils compared to bees |
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Satanic Rhetoric
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Satan's argument/reasoning for everything
convincing, but flawed always from his perspective, he never thinks about any others |
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Pre-lapsarian
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before the fall, innocent
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Post-lapsarian
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after the fall, fight, argue, innocence is lost, lustful
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Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
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Christopher Marlowe
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Twelfth Night
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William Shakespeare
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The Apology for Poetry
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Philip Sidney
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School of Abuse
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Stephen Gosson
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