Great Books 6 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Puritan Period
1620-1750
The goal of ___ was to uphold the word of God and the Bible.
Puritan Literature
The goal of Puritan Literature was to uphold the
word of God and the Bible
The years which followed the death of Shakespeare were years of
national division, controversy, and conflict.
____ had ruled firmly but wisely, and had kept her people united and loyal.
Elizabeth
Was ridiculous, cowardly and tyrannical
King James
Had conflict with the leaders of the people especially with the Puritans
King Charles I and King James
The two parties came into open conflict and resulted in
civil war (1642-1648)
The Puritans under ___were victorious while Charles I was beheaded.
Oliver Cromwell
Family were exiled
Stuarts
Three classes of people in the state whose ideas of life found its way to literature:
the court party, the party of the established church, the Puritan party.
Court party belonged to ____, lyric poets who wrote in a light, fanciful vein on rather trivial subjects.
Cavalier poets
The most important of these were
Carew, Suckling, and Lovelace.
Cavalier Poets
To Althea from Prison (Lovelace)
Some important poets and writers:
John Donne
George Herbert
Abraham Cowley
Jeremy Taylor
Sir Thomas Browne
It is literature that reflected the thoughts and ideas from Ancient Greece and Rome
Classicism Period
Dynasty reigned in England and Scotland from 1603 to 1714
Stuarts
Restoration of the Stuarts in year ?
1660
The upper classes got weary of the Puritanic restraints and adopted new ideas, new fashions, and new moral standards which the court of Charles II introduced from France
Classicism Period
They set aside the Puritan restraints and also the emotional, vital and mysterious in religion.
Classicism Period
Many rejected the personal God and made themselves a god by means of reason alone, neglecting what is written in the Bible.
Classicism Period
Moral standards were low
Classicism Period
Corruption in public life was almost universal
Classicism Period
The intellectual life was brilliant rather than profound.
Classicism Period
