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| What was the rhyme scheme of John Dryden's poetry? |
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| Heroic Couplets- iambic pentameter; very organized and structured |
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| What was John Dryden the father of? |
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| long lyric poem, formal in style and complex in form, written for special occasion; lyric |
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| When was Dryden named Poet Laureate? |
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| What is Hind and the Panther? |
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| 1687; an allegory written by Dryden defending Catholicism |
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| Neoclassicism (Augustan Age) |
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| everything was classy and people lived parallel to 27 B.C. |
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| Characteristics of Neoclassical Age |
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1. aristocratic courtliness
2. restraint and dignity
3. sociable, sophisticated
4. skeptical yet rational
*everything was structured and Greek-like |
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| middle class with posts in government |
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| Why is Daniel Defoe significant? |
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| he was the first english journalist |
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| What is Daniel Defoe's style? |
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forceful, common sense approach
wrote:
The Review- political work of journalism;
narrative and desriptive prose;
fiction novels (Robinson Crusoe) |
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| What was Jonathan Swift most famous for? |
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| England's greatest satirist (Irish) |
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| What was Jonathan Swift's purpose for writing satire? |
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| to ridicule weaknesses of groups hopefully in order to change |
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1. exaggeration
2. understatement
3. sarcasm
4. irony- most powerful
5. humor
6. incongruity
7. burlesque |
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| Approach Jonathan Swift used |
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1. detached and bemused
2. angry |
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| Attitude of Jonathan Swift |
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1. sympathetic
2. intellectual scorn
3. intense anger
4. pessimistic
5. mocking |
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| Intention of Jonathan Swift |
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1. display intellectual superiority
2. enjoyment of audience and self
3. shake up reader |
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1. Gulliver's Travels- royalty satirized
2. A Modest Proposal- Ireland v. England |
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| What is Alexander Pope most famous for? |
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| epigrams- short, witty, statements |
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| mock epic- satire using epic form to develop a trivial event |
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| Characteristics of social essays |
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*etiquette
*moral based
*mannered |
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| Characteristics of philosophical essays |
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| *to enliven morality with wit |
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| What was the main goal of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele? |
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| bring philosophical topics from books and classrooms to the kitchen table |
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| What was Samuel Johnson most famous for? |
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| Dictionary of the English Language (1755) |
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| What characteristics describe James Boswell? |
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| ambitious, impulsive, lacking judgment |
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| James Boswell was most famous for what? |
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
-an autobiography of Samuel Johnson |
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| Thomas Gray was what kind of writer? |
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| tweener- ahead of his time because he wrote during the restoration period but wrote about nature and common life |
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| What was Robert Burns famous for? |
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| National poet of Scotland |
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| What kind of writer was William Blake? |
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| What did William Blake experiment with? |
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1. Songs of Innocence
2. Songs of Experience |
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