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The Metaphysicals to Milton
The Course will enable the students to examine the characteristic features of Metaphysical poetry, value the spirit of the age of Renaissance in selected works and develop a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and movements.
John Donne
The Sunne Rising
The Canonization
The Extasie
A Valediction - Of Weeping
A Valediction - Forbidding Mourning
The Relic
George Herbert
Prayer
The Collar
The Pulley
Life
The Flower
Henry Vaughan
The Retreat
They are all gone into the World of Light
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
John Milton
Paradise Lost (Book 1)
Ben Jonson
The Alchemist
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.
e-resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9rkal0dRA (Donne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KiENcID4I (Milton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0UUGiGnvoM (Jonson)
Journals:
Milton Studies
Shanlax International Journal of English
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The students will: CO13. Develop an understanding of the religious, socio-intellectual and cultural thoughts of the 17th and 18th centuries CO14. Critique the key themes in representative texts of the period, including sin, transgressions, love, pride, revenge, sexuality, and human follies, among others CO15. Compare and contrast different forms of poetry, such as metaphysical, cavalier, and heroic poetry CO16. Interpret the literary devices, terms and techniques relevant to the metaphysical school of poetry CO17. Formulate an understanding to investigate the metaphysical poetry under the lens of traditional to contemporary critical approaches |