had a quiz, got a quiz back
such is british literature class

projector warming
no end to class is in sight
turbulent teaching

greatest school of poetry
metaphysicals are considered to be best poets EVAR
name given to group of poets writing in early and mid 17th century 1620-1650
circulated in manuscript, not printed, no real date of composition
very cultivated, high brow
writers adept in foreign styles of poetry, very witty
wit is essence of metaphysicals

conceit
daring idea or concept, wanted to do things never done, valued uniqueness, loved short lyric poems
some defy imagination
The Flea is a love poem addressed to unnamed lover who hasn't suvvumbed to his advances
don't know if donne ever sent this to a woman or if he wrote it to show it to his friends
the sun rising ridicules the sun that disrupts his night

extremely complicated
can we apprec it today?
have to wrestle with words on the page
not everyone today or then apprec it, puritans hated it
despite objections, MP poets considered influential to all that followed
any subject ok to write about, any combination, nothing beneath the poet

religious poetry

puns, paradoxen, carpe diem
lots of puns and paradoxes
die has many meanings
carpe diem emerges
poets knew science and natural processes

cavalier poets
group of english poets in time of charles I, 1625-49
characterized by lightness, grades, polish of verse, soldiers and courtiers first, poets second
witty and used classicism

english civil war
actually 2 wars
english monarch can not govern without parliament
greatest fear of english is civil war
charles tried to unite into UK, failed
tax collection used to be done by gentry, for the king
parliament got much more power

charles I married roman catholic princess, he wanted to take part in the war taking place in eurpoe
dissolved parliament and created a new one that would obey him

ruled for 10 years without parliament

made CoE look like roman catholic church
scottish resisted
new parliament now more hostile than old parliament
started imposign their own rules
tried to arrest members of parliament

england's turmoil
disease rampant
no king for a time
cromwell took over (was head of parliament)
his son was no good
brought charles II back

presentation:
aemilia lanyer
first english woman to publish a large volume of works
daughter of italian court musicians
both parents dead by 18
lord hudson took her as mistress
she got preggers at 23
married to alfonso...
lived with margaret clifford
published single volume of poems in 1611
she's just spitting out words....
 bleh


eve's apology
pilates' wife speaker
blames men for fall
wants women to be equal
several arguments

she had a place among elite