Hanover: George I (1714-1727)

Question 1

Reign of George I

Answer 1

House of Hanover
1714 - 1727
Alexander Pope
John Gay
Daniel Defoe

Question 2

Rape of the Lock

Answer 2

Alexander Pope
Reign of George I (Hanover)

Mock epic, the troubles resulting from a gentleman stealing a lock of a lady’s hair. Names to look for: Belinda and Carlyle (Lord Petre). Epic feast is coffee in little cups. Epic battle is a game of cards.

Question 3

Essay on Criticism

Answer 3

Alexander Pope
Reign of George I (Hanover)

Written in heroic couplets. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Wit is to say what’s already been said, but say it clever. Drink deep from wisdom’s spring, or don’t drink at all.

Question 4

Dunciad

Answer 4

Alexander Pope
Reign of George I (Hanover)

Pope wittily lambastes lousy poets. Similar to John Dryden’s MacFlecknoe.

Question 5

John Gay

Answer 5

Reign of George I (Hanover)

Friend of Pope’s and Swift’s.

Question 6

The Beggar’s Opera

Answer 6

John Gay
Reign of George I (Hanover)

In the story the receiver of stolen goods, Peachum, has a profitable business arrangement with Macheath, a highwayman. However, Peachum’s daughter Polly falls in love with the criminal. Peachum informs against Macheath, who is imprisoned in Newgate, to collect the reward and to get rifd of his son-in-law. The warden’s daughter Lucy Lockit also falls for him. Macheath takes his opportunity to escape. Recaptured in a brothel, Macheath is saved a again from the gallows - now his release is demanded on behalf of the audience by one of the players. Inspired Bretch, who also deals with similar themes.

Question 7

Daniel Defoe

Answer 7

Reign of George I (Hanover)

He and Samuel Richardson share the title “Father of the English Novel.” He was also a pamphleteer.

Question 8

Robinson Crusoe

Answer 8

Daniel Defoe
Reign of George I (Hanover)

Story of Robinson Crusoe and his friend Friday. Shipwreck novel.

Question 9

Moll Flanders

Answer 9

Daniel Defoe
Reign of George I (Hanover)

Story of Moll Flanders, whose mother has committed a crime and is sent to Virginia, leaving Moll to be raised in England. Moll becomes a whore and highway robber but eventually becomes a gentlewoman, which was her goal all along, because she inherits her mother’s plantation in Virginia. This is a notable example of the female picuaresque novel. Spends time in jail and sails for the new world.

Question 10

Roxanna

Answer 10

Daniel Defoe
Reign of George I

about a rich woman named Roxanna who will have sex with men but won’t marry them so they won’t get her money.