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Literary periods - poetry anthology Flashcards

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What is the order of the literary periods

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  1. renaissance / early modern
  2. restoration
  3. Augustan / neoclassical
  4. Romantic
  5. Victorian
  6. Modern
  7. post modern
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when was the renaissance period

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1500 - 1660

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when was the restoration period

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1660 - 1700

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when was the augustan period

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1700 - 1785

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when was the romantic period

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1785 - 1832

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when was the victorian period

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1832 - 1901

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when was the modern period

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1901 - 1960s

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when was the post modern period

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late 1900s onwards

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which period is ‘who so list’ by wyatt

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renaissance

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which period is ‘sonnet 116’ by shakespeare

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renaissance

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which period is ‘The Flea’ by Donne

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renaissance

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which period is ‘to his coy mistress’ by marvell

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restoration

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which period is ‘the scrutiny’ by Lovelace

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restoration

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which period is ‘A song (absent from thee)’ by Wilmot

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restoration

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which period are the following poems from
‘who so list’ by Wyatt
‘Sonnet 116’ by shakespeare
‘the flea’ by donne

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renaissance

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which period are the following poems:
To his coy mistress - marvell
The scrutiny - lovelace
A song (absent from thee) - wilmot

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restoration

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which period is song (ae fond kiss) by burns

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which period is the garden of love by blake

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which period is she walks in beauty by byron

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which period is remember by rossetti

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which period is la belle dame sans merci by keats

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which period are the following poems:
Garden of love - blake
she walks in beauty - byron
remember - rossetti
la belle dame sans merci - keats

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which period is the ruined maid by hardy

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which period is at an inn by hardy

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which period is non sum qualis by Dowson

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characteristics of the renaissance period

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  • rebirth of culture and art
  • popularisation of theatre, appealed to all classes so writers had a diverse audience
  • written to appease varied tastes
  • manipulation of traditional conventions of tragedy and comedy
  • religious turmoil
  • influenced by ovidian myths
  • interweaving the bible, classical myths, british history, and superstitious beliefs
  • political turmoil - monarchy
  • courtly lover trope
  • hunting a social sport for upper class men
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characteristics of the restoration period

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  • comedy of manners genre popular - bawdy, scandalous, unfaithful wives and cuckold men
  • made fun of various social classes
  • very satirical of other authors, religious figures, puritan movement etc.
  • less focused on nature and philosophy and more on society, behaviour, etiquette, classes, social relationships
    etc.
  • britiains political identity changing after the civil war reflected in lit
  • some writers preoccupied by religion due to religious upheaval
  • freedom and liveliness
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characteristics of the augustan period

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  • satirical, ridiculing, exposing society’s vices and double standards -hypocrisy of some laws and religious values etc.
  • some writers = non -conformist - not conforming to the doctrines of the CofE
  • witty, literary inventiveness
  • focus on classism
  • print journalism defined the age - some prose took on a journalistic tone
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characteristics of the romantic period

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  • frustrated by arrogance of traditional poetry - wanted it to be more conversational and ordinary
  • praises nature and the sublime
  • critical of age of enlightenment and industrial rev
  • focus on individuals, non conformist
  • rebellion and human emotion = common theme
  • spoke out for masses and injustices against the lower classes
  • sympathetic with french rev early on
  • natural imagery
  • against organised societal boundaries
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characteristics of the victorian period

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  • earnest - not satirical
  • didactic and moral - focused on being a good person
  • rebellious decadent movement towards end (1880s to 1890s)
  • cutting edge of invention and manufacturing
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decadent movement

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  • 1880s - 1890s
  • followed an aesthetic ideology of excess and artificiality originating in france
  • beliefs in superiority of human fantasy and aesthetic hedonism over logic and the natural world
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Context for wyatt - who so list to hount

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  • heavily inspired by petrarchan sonnet by petrarch
  • wyatt and anne boelyn rumoured affair prior to marriage with henry VIII
  • courtly lover trope
  • wyatt - powerful position, respected family - his poems circulated around the court

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