The Metaphysical Age

Paper Code: 
ENG 212
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

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
12.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

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 …

10.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

George Herbert

TheAgonie

Redemption

Prayer

Love III

Vertue

The Collar

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Henry Vaughan                                                         

The Retreat

They are all gone into the world of light

Corruption

The World

7.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Andrew Marvell

The Garden

To His Coy Mistress

 

Robert Herrick                                                          

The Argument of His Book,

To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time

7.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Richard Lovelace                                     

To Amarantha…

The Scrutinie

 

Sir John Suckling

Of thee kind boy…

Out upon it…

Source Books: 

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.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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.

Academic Year: 
2021-2022