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From the Metaphysical Poets to Paradise Lost : the importance of Religion.
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1616-1660
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King James reigned from
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1603 to 1625
(Shakespeare : the King's Men) |
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Dissenters
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Protestants who were not Anglicans
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Civil War
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1642
Roundheads and Cavaliers |
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Cromwell
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Commonwealth
Puritans Thought theater was not moral. |
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John Donne
(1571-1631) |
Profane poetry in his youth (Petrarchan sonnets, satire) b/c libertine
Then Religious poetry when ordained into Church of England Reflects on his death in The Holy Sonnets |
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Andrew Marvell
(1621-1678) |
Converted three times
Wrote "To His Coy Mistress", illustration of the idea of Carpe Diem |
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John Milton (1608 - 1674)
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Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained
Deals with religion, but also the power and politics Puritan |
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Metaphysical poets : def
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Valued wit
Metaphysical poet is an oxymoron Clever rather than moving Short lines and stanza |
