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Libertine |
Philosophical school 17th cent. Amoral approach enjoy food/life/sex, retreat from world into mind, holding the world at bay |
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Neo-Stoicism |
Latter day version of classical phil. school -- concentration on what’s within (constancy)See: The Garden by Marvell. |
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Vanitas |
a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability. |
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Epicureanism |
Emphasizes enjoying life, emphasizes liberties (philosophical school) |
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Cambridge Platonists |
group of theologians and philosophers at the University of Cambridge in the middle of the 17th century -felt that the Calvinist insistence on individual revelation left God uninvolved with the majority of mankind. At the same time, they were reacting against the reductive materialist writings of Thomas Hobbes. They felt that the latter, while rationalist, were denying the idealistic part of the universe. |
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neoplatonism
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Development of Plato’s thought in different age → separates earthly love (sexual) from heavenly love (pure) Moving up from one type of love to another |
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Hermetic/Kabbala |
-the language and imagery are subjective, and where the suggestive power of the sound of words is as important as their meaning. -like neoplatonism |
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Interregnum |
Period of time between monarchs when Cromwell was ruling England |
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Spenserian Stanza |
18 line rhymed scheme ababbcbbc |
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alexandrine |
The ninth line of six iambic feet at the end of a Spenserian stanza |
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puritan |
-English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices, -disagreed with the practice of using metaphor and verbal flourishes in speech and writing. -similar to calvinists Puritans held that salvation depended upon faith in Christ, not “works . . . Puritans believed, God predestined people to be saved or damned, and Christ’s redemptive sacrifice was designed only for the saved group, the “elect |
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calvinism |
Reformed Christianity from figure John Calvin. Emphasized predestination. 1500s Believed in predestination, not as concerned with ceremony as Arminians, Herbert seemed to have been struggling with this in his poetry. |
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ars moriendi |
-Art of Dying, body of Christian literature -are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" |
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anaphora |
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
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antithesis |
pure opposite |
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traductio |
Repeating the same word variously throughout a sentence or thought. diff meanings |
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tudor |
16th century monarch family |
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Jacobean |
-reign of James I of England -Spenser and Wyatt, influence of Petrarch but rhyming -Sidney |
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sestina |
-a fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi. |
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gradatio |
a sentence construction in which the last word(s) of one clause becomes the first of the next, through three or more clauses. Rhetorical device where you move sequentially from one point to another, higher point |
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polyptoton |
words derived from the same root are repeated Judge not, that ye be not judged |
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iamb trachee spondee |
u / /u // |
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elegy |
-a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. -Favored by John Donne, such as "To His Mistress Going to Bed" |
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epithalamium |
poem celebrating a marriage Spenser's ode to his bride |
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metaphysicals |
A loose group of English lyric poets of the 17th century, whose work was characterized by the inventive use of conceits, and by speculation about topics such as love or religion. |
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pathetic fallacy |
-attributing of human emotion and conduct to all aspects within nature |
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Stuart |
first family monarchs of 17th century |
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Sumptuary |
-relating to or denoting laws that limit private expenditure on food and personal items |
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eclogue |
poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject. first major work of Virgil |
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Arminian |
the one to whom the label "Arminianism" generally refers was a Dutch theologian who opposed Calvinism, esp. RE predestrination; his theology is generally seen as playing down sin, opening the possibility of salvation to many -often identical with what is called ceremonialists Very concerned with ceremony; (pg. 1348) “Laud advocated the Arminian doctrine that through Christ, God made redemption freely available to all human beings . . . they could work actively toward their salvation by acts of charity, ritual devotion, and generosity to the church. |
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blazon |
Describing woman from top to bottom (Herbert does reverse in To His Coy Mistress) |
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Pastoral |
-a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. -Virgil -Marvell's "Upon Appleton House" |
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Masculine rhyme |
Rhyme on a stressed syllable at the end of a line of poetry; the final syllable rhymes |
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Feminine rhyme |
Rhyme that matches two or more syllables, usually at the end of respective lines, in which the final syllable or syllables are unstressed; second to last syllable rhymes |
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Direction of Address |
Who the speaker of a poem is talking to |
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Sonnet |
14 line poem, generally about love or sometimes politics |
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Couplet |
2 lines that end in rhyme, generally creating a unit |
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Form |
The physical structure of a poem; a shaping principle; alternately, what is shaped |
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Volta |
Alternately “turn”; rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion |
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Procreation Sonnet |
Shakespeare sonnets 1-17, encourage young man to have children |
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Rhetorical figures |
Unusual ways of using language, i.e. metaphors, repetition, etc... |
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Apostrophe |
Poet addresses absent person, abstract idea, or thing |
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Shakespearean Sonnet (rhyme scheme) |
abab cdcd efef gg (three quatrains, volata before the third quatrain, and a couplet) |
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Epiphora |
Repetition of word or phrase at the end of successive clauses; ending successive phrases or sentences w/ the same words or word |
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Genre (subgenre, mode) |
Form, type, (novel, sonnet, plays, etc…) class in terms of literary criticism |
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Mode |
Broad categories; colorizations of something |
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Petrarch (Rime Sparse = Canzoniere) |
The rhyme scheme for the octave is typically a b b a a b b a. The sestet is more flexible. Petrarch typically used c d e c d e or c d c d c d for the sestet. Some other possibilities for the sestet include c d d c d d, c d d e c e, or c d d c c d |
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Asyndeton |
Absence of conjunction |
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Polysyndeton |
Several conjunctions |
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Eucharist |
rite/sacrament of Christians, body/blood of Christ |
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Act of Supremacy |
Recognized Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England |
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Inns of Court |
Between law school + finishing school (for young men) |
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Ironmonger |
basically runs a hardware store |
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Speech acts |
An utterance that serves a function in communication. We perform speech acts when we offer an apology, greeting, request, complaint, invitation, compliment, or refusal. |
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Aube/aubade |
Morning love song about lovers separating at dawn |
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Copernican vs. Ptolemaic |
Ptolemaic-- celestial, spheres-- when we didn’t know the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe; fixed Earth and circling Sun, moon, planets, and starsCopernican-- current view of the sun at the center, not the Earth |
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Senex iratus |
Angry old man/domineering parent who disapproves of the lovers in theatre works |
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Heterometrical couplet |
Lines have different meters and different lengths |
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Elizabethan |
When Elizabeth was the monarch in the second half of the 16th century |
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Contract theory |
Political theory that people rule because the people who they’re ruling form contract with them |
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Fan vaulting |
Architecture term, type of ceiling at the King’s College Chapel |
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Absolutism |
Absolute authority of monarch given by God |
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Sestina |
Poem that’s usually 6 stanzas, follows predetermined rhyme scheme, ends in an envoi (final shorter section of poem) |
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Anadiplosis |
Repetition of the last word of preceding clause; word is used at end of sentence and then at the beginning of the next |
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Pattern poem |
Poem that’s form matches the subject matter of the poem |
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Emblem |
A book with both images and poetic text |
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Oliver Cromwell |
Political leader after English Civil War/beheading of Charles I, leader of the parliamentary troops (New Model Army) |
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New Model Army |
Parliamentary troops led by Cromwell in opposition to Charles I |
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Horatian Ode |
About Ireland and the beheading of Charles I and beginning of Cromwell rule |
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Anamorphic art |
art that plays on perspective by making something look like something else through distortion |
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Christian humanism |
Renaissance movement-- the belief that human freedom, individual conscience, and unencumbered rational inquiry are compatible with the practice of Christianity or even intrinsic in its doctrine. It represents a philosophical union of Christian faith and classical humanist principles. |
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Masque |
Courtly entertainment involving spectacle more than plot |
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Crown |
Poetic form where every poem ends with line that becomes first line of next poem -- last line in final stanza is first line of first poem |
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Lyric |
A formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person -- generally has a musicality to it and can be put to song (I think?) |
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Epic |
A long poem focusing on a heroic action, often involved with a nation, involves war more than love |
