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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
German poet, novelist and playwright *Initiated storm and stress movement --"Faust" drama narrating tale of a scholar who trades his soul for knowledge and pleasure --Scientific essays and autobiography: "Poetry and Truth" -public officer for 10 years |
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George Gordon Byron |
English Romantic poet --"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"- fictional travelogue (most famous work) --"Don Juan" -epic satire; autobiographical lengthy poem *revolutionary who captured the imagination of literary world |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
French novelist, essayist, composer, and philosopher --"Social Contract" -a tirade for changing society; ignited French and American revolutions -"Emile"- novel on education "Julie"-sentimental novel -Essay: "Discourse on the Science and Arts" - argued science and art degraded the natural man *works became increasingly controversial |
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Daniel Defoe |
English author, playwright, journalist --"Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders" England's first novelist. Produced 500+ books -successful in business and politics |
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Francois Rabelais |
French Renaissance writer, dr., humanist, monk --Five volume masterpiece "Gargantuan and Pantagruel" --combination of social satire, comedy, and humanist philosophy *"Rabeliasian": character with coarse humor, ribaldry, and boisterousness |
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Volaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) |
French novelist, playwright, poet, philosopher **advocate for freedom of thought, political justice, and humanism in 18th century France --Known for essays and letters defending human rights and arguing for reason and tolerance --"Candide" and "Zadig" -Fiction blends philosophy and humanism |
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Henry Fielding |
English novelist and playwright --"Tom Jones" **Social satire and comedy -became active in politics --published a newspaper "The Champion" -strong anti-jacobite essays gained him political favor |
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John Donne |
Metaphysical Poet in romantic period *wrote original verses on religious and secular poetry --"The Sunne Rising," "The Bait," "To Catch a Falling Star" --love verses --"The Holy Sonnets" -religious |
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Christopher Marlowe |
English Author, metaphysical poet, and Playwright in Elizabethan era *plays used blank verse and had overreaching protagonists *influenced Shakespeare --"Tamburlaine the Great" , "Dr. Faustas", "the Jews of Malta" |
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Michel de Montaigne |
First Essayist; French Renaissance philosopher --"Essays" - published in 3 volumes and used literary forms like treatise and religious confessions **Commented on social issues, the human condition, and personal voice *Insights into major historical issues like religious conflict and exploration in new world -influenced many writers |
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William Blake |
English Romantic Poet and Artist --"The Marriage of Heaven"- prose, rejects rationalism in favor of mystical faith --Pioneered prophetic books --"Jerusalem" -epic poem sought to imagine existence of spirit after death **Master illustrator and true mystic -worked on Dante's "Divine Comedy" **Symbolism, mystic vision, powerful emotion |
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James Boswell |
Scottish biographer and essayist --"The Life of Samuel Johnson" -his diaries included astute observations on society and manners of his day *great friends with Samuel Johnson |
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Robert Burns |
Scottish Romantic Poet --"Auld Lang Syne", "A Red Red Rose" -Anthology of poems: "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" **Rebel, supported French Revolution openly *Major poet who transcended his nationalistic feelings |
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Alexander Pope |
18th century English Poet *Used heroic couplet, known for Satirical Verse *Biting wit, formal poetry, insightful and dramatic verse -"The Rape of the Lock" - narrated feud started over lock of hair--satire "An Essay on Criticism" - poem about writing |
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Francis Bacon |
English Essayist and philosopher **Wrote on Science and inquiry, championing method of scientific investigation and empirical observation --"Instaruratio Magna" -greatest work; argument against the Renaissance and scholastic philosophy "Essays" (1612) "New Atlantis" (1627) |
