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| what are the 3 things in a romantic lyric? | recollection of an emotion, which causes a new emotion, ton of the poem is conversational, and there is a specific, silent listener |
| what are the 3 meanings of nature? | external nature; all existence, a harmonious integrated living whole; a "presence" of divine life that informs the whole and every part |
| the age of reason is also known as the: | augustinian age |
| what was born in the augustinian era? | the novel (b4 only poetic form used) |
| who wrote the first dictionary? | Dr. Johnson |
| what were important outcomes of the 18th century? | newspaper, novel, dictionary, and science |
| when was the age of reason? | 1700-1800 |
| what was the stance of relgion during the 1800's? | deism b/c ppl saw nature and thought that things they could produce were better than the original |
| what major historic event happened around the age of reason? | industrial revolution |
| what is another name for the 18th century and why? | Age of Elegance b/c it was opulent, ppl thought they had authority over nature, enjoyed lavish things, and parties became the highlight of the day |
| what became popularized b/c of the renewed interests in books? | coffeehouses |
| at the end of the age of reason, what ideas are arising? | middle class is becoming wealthier b/c of the IR, increased sympathy for the poor, new idea of "natural rights" |
| what was the view towards literature? | libraries came b/c books were very expensive and the thirst for books was immense; literature is very public and not private (love poems or passionate plays would be embarrassing) |
| when and what did alexander pope? | 1688-1744; he was a writer and had a bump on his back; was very short, made money early in life translating iliad and odyssey |
| what was a popular style of writing in the 18th century? | imitation: recreation of a work written by an earlier author w/modern styles and manners |
| what is epic machinery? | ppl on earth guided by the dead; hero assigned personal guardians; divine agents in a regimented army |
| in the story who are the real life ppl that correspond to the characters? | arabella fermour --> belinda; john caryll of sussex --> muse at beginning; robert petre --> guy who cuts belinda's hair |
| a ghostly figure, spector; a sudden or unusual sight | apparition |
| to surrender under specified conditions, come to terms | capitulate |
| clearly apparent to the sight or understanding, to reveal | manifest |
| physically painful. keenly distressed to the mind; neat, skillful, to the point | poignant |
| great warmth or intensity, as of emotion, passion, or desire | ardour |
| to pick out form other, esp. something repeated b/c of inferior quality | culled |
| to turn aside from a course or direction, deflect | divert |
| to become or make extremly thin, esp as a result of starvation | emaciate |
| adherence to a course of action, belief, or purpose w/out giving way; steadfast | persevering |
| to overcome the distrust of animosity; placate | conciliation |
| kindly; of, concerned w/, or organized for the benefit of charity | benevolent |
| to show or demonstrate clearly or convincingly | evince |
| to reveal or indicate, mark; to serve as a symbol or name for | denote |
| wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense | prudent |
| to grind or strike together | gnashes |
| having a pleasant disposition, good natured; cordial | amiable |
| something that causes anxiety or concern | solicitude |
| not constrained w/in proper or est. limits, esp. of manner or good taste; insolent | impertinent |
| sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom | melancholy |
| appearance esp. the expression of the face | countenance |
| the state of being full of concerns | solicitude |
| to overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity; quite, pacify | quell |
| to make or grow better, improve | ameliorate |
| to lie at rest as if dead; to rely | repose |
| pillage, plunder | harrowing |
| a municipal magistrate in some countries; an agent of a university or corporation | syndic |
| the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten | oblivion |
| a means of support, maintenance, or subsistence; living, something that gives support, endurance, and strength | sustenance |
| to get possession of; bring about, acheive | procure |
| to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness | rankle |
| "the sweetest thing that ever grew, beside a human door" | "lucy gray" |
| " i sunned it w/smiles, and soft deceitful wiles" | "a poison tree" |
| "b/c i am happy and dance and sing/they think they have done me no injury" | "the chimney sweeper" (experience) |
| "then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door" | "Holy Thursday" (innocence) |
| "and i to durham, sir, belong" | "alice fell" |
| "sweet joy befall thee" | "infant joy" |
| "i pluck'd a hollow reed, and i made a rural pen" | "introduction" (innoncence) |
| "in heaven we shall meet" | "lucy gray" |
| "twas throwing words away, for the little maid would have her say" | "we are seven" |
| "tom dacre" | "the chimney sweeper" (innocence) |
| "grey headed beadles" | "holy thursday" (innocence) |
| "hear the voice of the bard, who present past and future sees" | "introduction" (experience) |
| "and their ways are fill'd w/thorns, it is eternal winter there" | "holy thursday" (experience) |
| "they clothed me in the clothes of death, and taught me to sing the notes of woe" | "the chimney sweeper" (experience) |
| "the hermit sits alone" | "tinturn abbey" |
| "nature never did betray, the heart that loved her..." | "tinturn abbey" |
| "a little black thing among the snow" | "the chimney sweeper" (experience) |
| "o earth, o earth, return!, arise from out the dewy grass" | introduction (experience) |
| "for i have learned, to look on nature, not as in the hour, of thoughtless youth; but hearing....the still, sad music of humanity" | "tinturn abbey" |
| "a simple child...what should it know of death?" | "we are seven" |
| "then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run; and was in a river , and shine in the sun" | "the chimney sweeper" (innocence) |
| "beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor" | "holy thursday" (innocence) |
| "if he'd be a good boy, he'd have God for hsi father, and never wnat joy" | "the chimney sweeper" (innocence) |
| "the invisible worm, that flies in the night" | "the sick rose" |
| "my foe beheld it shine, and he knew that it was mine" | "a poison tree" |
| what are wordsworth's ideas of poetry? | common speech, common activities highlighted by imagination, rural life, values of nature, avoid references to gods, poetry for awakening ppl in towns, dont personify abstractions (love is aphrodite) |
| how do romantics view mythology? | proper language for nature b/c doesnt striop mysticism like science does; |
| what are wordsworth phases? | blood, heart, mind |
| what are blake's phases? | innocence, experience, wisdom |
| what is the term used in literary history and criticism which denotes the decline of a great period and whose qualities include self consciousness, a restless curiousity, and often moral perversity? | decadence |
| what is the literary style marked by excessively refined emotion and preciosity of language? | dandyism |
| who was the group of late 19th and 20th century writers who hedl that art was superior to nature and that the finest beauty was that of dyring or decaying things and who attacked the accepted moral, ethical, and social standards of their time? | Decadents |
| what is the genre of literature whose elements include variety, richness, aspiration, mystery, horrors and use the supernatural? | gothic |
| what is the genre of literature which discounts plot, features stereotypic characters, highlights witty dialogue, and satirizes a particular group of ppl? | comedy of manners |
| for what offense against society did wilde spend 2 years in prison? | homosexuality |
| who was the young aristocrat who urged Wilde to pursue a libel suit in 1895? | Lord Alfred Douglas |
| who won the libel suit which Wilde brought? | Marquise of Queensbury |
| what was the name of the letter which wilde addressed to the young aristocrat from prison? | de profundis |
| what was the name of the poem about prison conditions, which sparked reofmr, that was wilde's last work of literature? | the ballad of reading goal |
| what is the title of the "yellow book" which exemplified curing the soul by means of the senses? | a rebours |
| what was the name of the novel by wilde's great uncle from which he borrowed for his The Picture of Dorian Gray? | The Wanderer |
| in TPDG, who represents narcissus? | dorian |
| who represents mephistopheles from the Faustian legend in TPDG? | Lord Henry |
| which female character best represents the avoidance of reality? | sibyl |
| what 2 exterior things does dorian blame for immoral lifestyle? | beauty/youth, the painting |
| what are the 3 flaws of TPDG? | time lapse, no change repentance, dialogue- prose/epigrammish |
| what is aphrodite's love? | eros (sex love) |
| what is penelope's love? | thanatos (death love) |
| what are 3 french symbolists? | rimbaud, bauderlaire, mallarme |
| what are wilde's dates? | 1854-1900 |
| what are the 3 tenets of victorianism? | respect for high standards of moral conduct and decency, respect for family, workings of justice |
| who was alexander pope's bff? | jonathon swift |
| what is filardo's law? | language in poetry is more real than ordinary discourse |
| what is filardo's corollary? | the more real something is, the more it resists rational comprehension and retards natural understanding |
| what is neoclassism? | strong traditionalism which also involved a distrust of radical innovation |
| what was a major idea in neoclassism? | golden mean: avoidance of extremes (ironic b/c society was so opulent) |
| what was the great chain of being? | submission restricted position in the cosmic order |
| neoclassism ________ the law of measure and the ______ of limiations on one's freedoms | praises, acceptance |
| what were the years of romanticism? | 1798-1830 |
| what was romanticism? | innovation against traditionalism, expression of emotions, external nature is beautiful as itself, |
| who believed in art for art's sake? | aesthetes |
| how were ppl portrayed in romanticism? | as solitary figures usually on a long and elusive journey |
| romantics were usually ____________. | non conformists |
| what did romantics not believe in? | institutions, money, marriage |
| what was was the time when experience of the senses is the only source of knowledge and promotes experimentation? | british empricism |
| what did john locke believe? | we're born tabula rasa "blank slate" and gain all our knowledge from experience; believes in freedoms, denies innate ideas |
| immanuel kant thought up what? | trascendentalism |
| what is organiscism? | the universe is one big organic whole (pantheism) |
| when was victorianism? | 1830-1880-1900 |
| jeremy bentham started what? | utilitarianism where if it feels good it must be good |
| what did the reform bill of 1832 do? | gave vote to lower middle class, abolished unequal representation in Parliament, labor unions formed, education raised for poor |
| death of queen victoria brought what? | modernism |
| who was james g. frazer? | wrote the golden bough which showed similarities b/w paganism and christianity and made ppl question it |
| who were materialistic uneducated ppl? | philistine |
| what was the high point of british empirialism? | boer war (1899-1902) |
| Albert Camus wrote ___ ______ __ _______ where humans are cursed for their conscientiousness | the myth of sisyphus |
| what is the idea that the human being is isolated who is cast in an empty earth and knows there is not truth, value or meaning to life and has an anguished existence? | absurd |
| Aflred Roi was a writer of the _______. | absurd |
| Plato, Aristotle, Kierkegard (abyss, leap of faith), Sarte, and Camus were all _________. | existentialists. |
| what is ennui? | real boredom which is what we all should be afraid of |
