¡Descarga quinta semana de clases de la asignatura textos poéticos británicos e irlandéses y más Apuntes en PDF de Filología Inglesa solo en Docsity! John Milton 1667: date of publication John Milton and Andrew Marvell Milton was born in London.Mastered greek, latin, hebrew and european languages. He defended Cronwell and wrote pamphlets justificating the execution of Charles I. Some compositions of Milton: Comus (1634) Paradise Lost: (1667) (against of the period of restoration). 1671 (Paradise regained) He was a puritan, not a royalist. Eventhough he published in the period of restoration, he was against the restoration. Milton decided against another Spenserian national epic on Arthurian litterature which was originally his intention) and committed himself to be a biblical epic instead. Already blind he dictated to his daughter an epic of the Fall and on Satan the Fallen Angel.Told in media res in 10 original books, later (1674) amounted to 12. Written in blank verse: lines of iambic pentameter with no rhyme. The first two books are set in Hell. It creates the epic simile. Satan´s palace in Hell as striking on instance of the sublime in poetry, as the garden of Eden is of the beautiful. In book 3 Adam is created and Satan flies around the earth. Eden is described and satan is discovered in Eden in Book 4. Eve tells of her dreams in book 5 and the story of battle in Heaven starts. It continuous in books 6-8. The story of the Fall of Man is told in book 9and the subsequent punishment inflicted upon the devils in book 10. In the second edition (1674), Books 11-12 round off the story with a visión of history beyond the flood to the second coming of Christ. Neoclassical poetry Imitation of the classics (the total re-creation of effect in contemporary terms of a work by Horace, Virgil or Ovid. Characterized by the use of personification, mythological figures, references to Rome and Greece. To “follow nature”. “Nature” was meant the order and reason in the universe, a reflection of the order in the mind of god. Alexander Pope followed the rules and the classics. Newton discovered the law of gravity. The order of nature and everything. They were interested in generalities, not in particularities., referring in general. 18th century, everything in a hierarchy. Aristocratic in taste, sophistication, elevated tone of restrain and dignity. Rationalism and skepticism: preoccupation with the “here and now”. Critical and analytical spirit. The purpose of literatura was to instruct through pleasure, thereby uniting aesthetic and didactic purposes. The greatest virtue in art was a universal significance. Graveyard school (la escuela del cementerio) poet that goes to an isolate place and starts reflecting about people buried or people who lived there, these poets reflect the destiny, presence in earth very romantic eighteen century what is everybody´s destiny Poets strat to create images of nature. Mock-Epic (heroic): when the elevated language and elements of the epic are used to nárrate an irrelevant story. (LA RESTORation no guía docente y no entra examen) Neoclassical poetry: Heroic couplet: AABBCC. Those rules of old discover “an essay on criticism” by Alexander Pope. The club of London: Samuel Johnson belonged to this club. Johnson imitated Shakespeare, he wrote the first dictionary of English language. He wrote the life of the poets. Gibbon brought the decayed of the British Empire. Burke wrote about the concept of the sublime in the grounds of psycology Sublime associated to the contemplation of nature. Sublime not only nature but also experiences of terror and violence. Confrontation of the human being and the view of the world as something limitless. By contemplating nature you are aware of the other realities, about good and bad experiences. Middle 18th century preromantic poets: the deal with sensibility, the idea of masculinity, the idea of the men not only as a warrior but also as part of the knowledgee. The main representative was Robert Burns (1759-1796). Robert Burns (MUY IMPORTANTE PREGUNTA DE EXAMEN). Poems in Englis and Scottish dialect. Popular poetry. Defended french revolution and Scottish nationalism
