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The Metaphysical Age
The course will enable the students to:
- Understand the distinctive features of English literature of this century
- Comprehend how background influences shaped the writer’s thinking
- Recognize and appreciate the literary masters who dominated the scene and grasp the writing style of the age
John Donne
The Good Morrow
The Flea
Death, be not Proud
Goe andCatche a Falling Starre
The Sunne Rising
Song – Sweetest Love I do not go …
George Herbert
TheAgonie
Redemption
Prayer
Love III
Vertue
The Collar
Henry Vaughan
The Retreat
They are all gone into the world of light
Corruption
The World
Andrew Marvell
The Garden
To His Coy Mistress
Robert Herrick
The Argument of His Book,
To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time
Richard Lovelace
To Amarantha…
The Scrutinie
Sir John Suckling
Of the kind boy…
Out upon it…
Gardner, Helen. Ed. The Metaphysical Poets. OUP, 1961.
Walker, Hugh. English Essay and Essayists. J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915.
Williams, Emrys. Ed. A Book of English Essays. Pelican, 1970.
Baldick, Chris. Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. OUP, 2008.
Ford, Boris. Ed. The Age of Shakespeare :The Pelican Guide to English Literature (Vol. 2).Pelican, 1969.
Hudson, W.H. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. George. G. Harrap & Co., 1936.
Prasad, B. A Background to the Study of English Literature. Trinity Press,1999.