The Metaphysicals to Milton

Paper Code: 
ENG 123
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Objective: 
The course will enable the students to :
• Get introduced to the characteristic features of Metaphysical poetry 
• Familiarize themselves with the spirit of the age of Renaissance in selected works  
• Acquire a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and  movements
 
Learning Outcomes -
The students will be able to:
• Acquire the knowledge and understanding of the religious, socio-intellectual and cultural thoughts of the 17th and 18th centuries
• Get an insight into the critically key themes in representative texts of the period, including sin,  transgressions, love, pride, revenge, sexuality, and human follies, among others
 
13.00
Unit I: 
John Donne
John Donne
The Sunne Rising
The Canonization
The Extasie
A Valediction - Of Weeping
A Valediction - Forbidding Mourning
The Relic
11.00
George Herbert
Prayer
The Collar
The Pulley
Life
The Flower
 
Henry Vaughan
The Retreat
They are all gone into the World of Light

 

10.00
Andrew Marvell
The Garden
The Definition of Love
The Mower’s Song
 
Robert Herrick                                                          
The Night Piece, To Julia
Delight in Disorder
Corinna’s Going a Maying
16.00
John Milton
Paradise Lost (Book 1)
10.00
Ben Jonson
The Alchemist
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
 
Ford, Boris. From Donne to Marvell. Penguin Books Ltd, 1990. 
Gardner, Helen, ed. The Metaphysical Poets.  Penguin Classics, 1960. 
Harp, Richard L. Ed. Ben Jonson’s Plays and Masques. Norton, 2001.
Shawcross, John Ted. John Milton: The Critical Heritage. Routledge.2010.
Willmott, Richard. Metaphysical Poetry. CUP, 2002.
 
Academic Year: 
2020-2021