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wrote a dictionary of the English Language
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson’s greatest work
Lives of the English Poets
a devoted friend and contemporary of Samuel Johnson
John Wesley
wrote “The Life of Samuel Johnson”
James Boswell
The Rambler:
“Vice should always disgust”
called the Father of the Modern Hymn
Issac Watts
welcomed solitude
Thomas Gray
Elegy:
a lyric poem honoring the dead
Grey published what in 1751
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard
Famous line: “The paths of glory lead but to the grave”
a tribute the the poor who have no monument
wrote The Deserted Village
Oliver Goldsmith
able to excel artistically in periodical essay, the novel, the drama, and the formal poem
Oliver Goldsmith
struggled with mental illness and depression
William Cowper
his poetry marked the passing of Neoclassicism
William Cowper’s
known as the “Heaven-taught plowman”
Robert Burns
belongs to the 18th century Scottish literary nationalism
Robert Burns
one of the great masters of 18th century satire
Robert Burns
wrote “A Red, Red Rose”
Robert Burns
wrote Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Father of the English novel
Daniel Defoe
first great English journalist
Daniel Defoe
Verisimilitude
the use of exact details to make a work appear real
a book popular with the puritan lower-middle class
Robinson Curusoe
Crusoe’s only companions on the island
Poll, 1 dog, 2 cats
the first of the moderns
John Dryden
influenced the next three generations with his ideal of conversational plainness
John Dryden
epigram:
a short, highly compressed poem which makes a wise or humorous point
“On Milton”
three poets: Homer, Virgil, and Milton
known for establishing the heroic couplet as the dominate verse form
John Dryden
they transformed journalism into serious literature
Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
“The model of the middle style”
Joseph Addison
influenced Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Addison
considered the greatest English prose satirist
Jonathan Swift
wrote A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
wrote Guliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift
Swift’s motivation for writing GT
his hatred for mankind
origin of Swift’s bitterness
his becoming an orphan, the treatment of the Irish, Queen Anne’s blocking him form becoming a Bishop in the church of England
chief poet of his age
Alexander Pope
Pope was deformed because of
an attack of spinal tuberculosis
next to Shakespeare, he is the most quoted of the British writers
Alexander Pope
wrote “An Essay on Criticism”
Alexander Pope
Deism:
belief that God reveals Himself soley through His word
the prevalent attitude during the Neoclassical Period
rationalism
rationalism:
the rule of reason in all areas of life
England remained strong in spite of
threats of war and war between 1688 and 1785
England changed from an agricultural nation to a
industrial nation
the commercial hub of England
London
wanted to revive the Anglican church
John Wesley and George Whitefeild
influences of Wesleyanism
spiritually: laid a foundation for moral times and encouraged faith in God
industrially: lessened bad effects of the Industrial Revolution
during Neoclassic period, this thing changed
British spoken English became distinct from American Spoken English
literature was divided into genres
meant either to delight or to teach
consisted of two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter
heroic couplet
with the rising of the middle class, a new profession evolved
journalism
wrote the first of the new genre, novel
Daniel Defoe
satire:
corrective ridicule in literature
