Literary periods - poetry anthology

Question 1

What is the order of the literary periods

Answer 1

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

Question 2

when was the renaissance period

Answer 2

1500 - 1660

Question 3

when was the restoration period

Answer 3

1660 - 1700

Question 4

when was the augustan period

Answer 4

1700 - 1785

Question 5

when was the romantic period

Answer 5

1785 - 1832

Question 6

when was the victorian period

Answer 6

1832 - 1901

Question 7

when was the modern period

Answer 7

1901 - 1960s

Question 8

when was the post modern period

Answer 8

late 1900s onwards

Question 9

which period is ‘who so list’ by wyatt

Answer 9

renaissance

Question 10

which period is ‘sonnet 116’ by shakespeare

Answer 10

renaissance

Question 11

which period is ‘The Flea’ by Donne

Answer 11

renaissance

Question 12

which period is ‘to his coy mistress’ by marvell

Answer 12

restoration

Question 13

which period is ‘the scrutiny’ by Lovelace

Answer 13

restoration

Question 14

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

Answer 14

restoration

Question 15

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

Answer 15

renaissance

Question 16

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

Answer 16

restoration

Question 17

which period is song (ae fond kiss) by burns

Answer 17

augustan

Question 18

which period is the garden of love by blake

Answer 18

romantic

Question 19

which period is she walks in beauty by byron

Answer 19

romantic

Question 20

which period is remember by rossetti

Answer 20

romantic

Question 21

which period is la belle dame sans merci by keats

Answer 21

romantic

Question 22

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

Answer 22

romantic

Question 23

which period is the ruined maid by hardy

Answer 23

victorian

Question 24

which period is at an inn by hardy

Answer 24

victorian

Question 25

which period is non sum qualis by Dowson

Answer 25

victorian

Question 26

characteristics of the renaissance period

Answer 26

• 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

Question 27

characteristics of the restoration period

Answer 27

• 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

Question 28

characteristics of the augustan period

Answer 28

• 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

Question 29

characteristics of the romantic period

Answer 29

• 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

Question 30

characteristics of the victorian period

Answer 30

• 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

Question 31

decadent movement

Answer 31

• 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

Question 32

Context for wyatt - who so list to hount

Answer 32

• 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