1139 Flashcards
Which battle signal the end of the monarchial absolutism in Britain
Battle of Culloden
The age of Johnson blank but still reflected the influence of neoclassicism
What is a period of transition, and followed the Augustan age, was named after Samuel Johnson
Literature of sentiment which in contrast to neoclassicism reflected on what two things
The capacity of man to feel the natural surroundings
What is unrhymed iambic penta meter called
Blank verse
Where was the “think tank” of age of Johnson
Literary club
Who wrote the lives of the English poets, the Idler, the perfect preface to Shakespeare, but is known for his a dictionary of English language
Samuel Johnson
Who wrote the life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Who wrote the well love poem “the deserted village”
Oliver goldsmith
Who wrote the seasons
James Thomson
In the seasons what literary technique did the author incorporate
Personification
Who wrote the “elegy written in a country churchyard”
Thomas gray
What is an elegy
In mournful, melancholic poem for the dead
Who is Scotland’s national poet who wrote appealing poems as “to the mouse” a “red red rose” and “Scott’s Wha Hae”
Robert Burns
The him “light shining out of darkness” was written by who
William Cowper
In the task who show that every day people places and things could have deep meaning
William Cowper
