THE SEVENTEENTH
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Prof. Dra. María José de la Torre
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THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY
CENTURY
Prof. Dra. María José de la Torre
Prof. Dra. María José de la Torre
LITERATURA INGLESA II
LITERATURA INGLESA II
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A.
A.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
B.
B.
LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
C.
C.
LITERARY SCENE: DRAMA
LITERARY SCENE: DRAMA
D.
D.
LITERARY SCENE: PROSE
LITERARY SCENE: PROSE
E.
E.
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
F.
F.
ANDREW MARVELL
ANDREW MARVELL
G.
G.
BEN JONSON
BEN JONSON
H.
H.
JOHN MILTON
JOHN MILTON
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Commonwealth (1649-1660)
Commonwealth (1649-1660)
Oliver Cromwell:
Oliver Cromwell:
- Puritan, dictatorial, autocratic: banned
Puritan, dictatorial, autocratic: banned
plays.
plays.
Restoration: Charles II (1660-
Restoration: Charles II (1660-
James II
James II
Mary and William of Orange
Mary and William of Orange
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B. LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
B. LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
METAPHYSICAL POETS
METAPHYSICAL POETS
Intellectualised, argumentative,
Intellectualised, argumentative,
complex poetry and imagery.
complex poetry and imagery.
Metaphysical conceit:
Metaphysical conceit:
an elaborate
an elaborate
metaphor that offers a
metaphor that offers a surprising or
surprising or
unexpected comparison
unexpected comparison between two
between two
seemingly
seemingly highly dissimilar things
highly dissimilar things
. This can . This can
involve original images or familiar images used
involve original images or familiar images used
in an unfamiliar way
in an unfamiliar way
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B. LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
B. LITERARY SCENE: POETRY
METAPHYSICAL POETS
METAPHYSICAL POETS
METAPHYSICAL TRAITS
- Dazzling puns, shocking wordplay, sexual
innuendo
Paradox, striking contrasts, bizarre imagery from
atypical fields:
- Zoology
- Colonising expeditions
- Geography
- Astronomy
- Physics, mathematics, etc.
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METAPHYSICAL POETS
METAPHYSICAL POETS
John Donne (
John Donne (
Songs and Sonnets, Satires,
Songs and Sonnets, Satires,
Elegies, Paradoxes and Problems)
Elegies, Paradoxes and Problems)
Andrew Marvell (“To His Coy Mistress”,
Andrew Marvell (“To His Coy Mistress”,
“The Garden”, “The Mower against
“The Garden”, “The Mower against
Gardens”, “On Uppleton House”, “An
Gardens”, “On Uppleton House”, “An
Horatian Ode”)
Horatian Ode”)
George Herbert
George Herbert
Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw
Thomas Carew
Thomas Carew
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CAVALIER POETS (“Sons of Ben”, but
CAVALIER POETS (“Sons of Ben”, but
also influenced by Donne )
also influenced by Donne )
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
OTHER CAVALIER POETS
OTHER CAVALIER POETS
Robert Herrick (
Robert Herrick ( Hesperides,
Hesperides, "To the
"To the
Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
)
)
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Suckling
Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller
Walter Denham
Walter Denham
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AUGUSTAN POETRY (I)
AUGUSTAN POETRY (I)
Satire
Satire
- John Bunyan,
John Bunyan, Hudibras
Hudibras
- John Dryden:
John Dryden: Heroic Stanzas
Heroic Stanzas (praising
(praising
Cromwell),
Cromwell), To His Sacred Majesty
To His Sacred Majesty
(welcoming the new king),
(welcoming the new king),
Absalom and
Absalom and
Achitophel
Achitophel
John Bunyan
John Bunyan
Pilgrim’s Progress
Pilgrim’s Progress
(allegory: dream-
(allegory: dream-
vision stressing false values of the world,
vision stressing false values of the world,
and true values of Christianity)
and true values of Christianity)
John Milton
John Milton
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- RESTORATION DRAMA
RESTORATION DRAMA
Only 2 theatres remained.
Only 2 theatres remained.
COMEDY OF MANNERS
COMEDY OF MANNERS (often presented strong
(often presented strong
women, and discussed male and females roles)
women, and discussed male and females roles)
George Etherege (
George Etherege ( The Man of Mode, or Sir
The Man of Mode, or Sir
Fopling Flutter)
Fopling Flutter)
William Wycherley (
William Wycherley ( The Country Wife
The Country Wife )
)
Sir John Vanbrugh:
Sir John Vanbrugh:
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife
William Congreve:
William Congreve: The Way of the World
The Way of the World
(1700)
(1700)
- George Farquhar:
George Farquhar: The Recruiting Officer
The Recruiting Officer
(1706)
(1706)
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Female playwrights
Female playwrights
- Aphra Behn:
Aphra Behn:
The Rover
The Rover
- Susannah Centlivre:
Susannah Centlivre: A Bold Stroke for
A Bold Stroke for
a Wife
a Wife
TRAGEDY
TRAGEDY
- Rewriting of Shakespeare’s plays
Rewriting of Shakespeare’s plays
removing most of its violence and
removing most of its violence and
poignancy (Dryden:
poignancy (Dryden: The Tempest
The Tempest ,
,
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
)
)
- HEROIC TRAGEDY:
HEROIC TRAGEDY:
Thomas Otway:
Thomas Otway: Venice Preserv’d
Venice Preserv’d
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Decline of theatre as major lit. genre
Decline of theatre as major lit. genre
for exploration and revelation of
for exploration and revelation of
society > rise of the novel
society > rise of the novel
Aphra Behn:
Aphra Behn:
Oroonoko,
Oroonoko,
a novel
a novel
Mary Astell (protofeminist):
Mary Astell (protofeminist):
Some
Some
Reflections Upon Marriage
Reflections Upon Marriage
RISE OF THE NOVEL: 18TH C.
RISE OF THE NOVEL: 18TH C.
E.
E.
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
- Paradoxes and Problems
Epithalamiums
- Elegies
Satires
Meditations
XVII: “No Man is an Island”, “..never send to
know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”
Holy Sonnets (19 religious poems):
“Death Be Not Proud”
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
- Songs and Sonnets (early work, love
poems). Very different poems (cynical
and promiscuous or idealistic). Some
of his best known poems belong here:
- “The Flea” or “A Valediction: of Weeping”
“The Sunne Rising”
- “The Canonization”
“The Good Morrow”
- “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”