Blount‚ with the Works of Voiture” In this early epistle‚ first published in 1712 as “To a Young Lady‚ with the Works of Voiture‚” Pope addresses his friend Teresa Blount through the work and name of the early seventeenth century French poet and letter-writer Vincent de Voiture. In this indirect address of a female friend facing an uncertain marriage market‚ Pope resurrects a writer renowned for his raillery and charm in order to demonstrate the capacity of language to supersede its historical
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A Short History of English Literature Chapter I. The Anglo-Saxon Period (the earliest time---1066) 1. Social background: the making of England; the invasion of Roman Empire in 4th AD ; the attacks of Danish Vikings‚ etc 2. Literature: Beowulf ‚ the earliest literature‚ the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon‚ one of the striking features - the use of alliteration *epic------a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in a series of adventures which form an organic
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like Horace’s about the nature of war. Through the poem‚ and particularly strong in the last stanza‚ there is a running commentary‚ a letter to Jessie Pope‚ a civilian propagandist of World War I‚ who encouraged—"with such high zest"—young men to join the battle‚ through her poetry‚ e.g. "Who’s for the game?" The first draft of the poem‚ indeed‚ was dedicated to Pope. A later revision amended this to "a certain Poetess"‚though this did not make it into the final publication‚ either‚ as Owen apparently decided
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Jesus’ twelve disciples. The Catholic Church is larger than all other christian churches combined. It is even larger than individual Isam religions Sunni and Shia. The church has made itself into a complex hierarchy from the people in the pew to the Pope at the top. The most complex institution ever created is the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church has been around before the middle ages. It has hardly
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travelled to Italy in an effort to recover his health but died in Rome of tuberculosis in 1821. He was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Rome. * There is some deeply felt personal experience behind the ODES of 1819‚ but the significant fact is that this experience is “behind” the odes‚ not their substance. * The poetical personal pronoun “I” does not stand for a human being linked to the events of his time‚ but for a universal one. * He remarks: “Scenery is fine‚ but human nature is
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Paradise Lost (A) John Dryden: Alexander’s Feast. Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Locke. The Dunciad. Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels Henry Fielding: Tom Jones Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto William Blake: The Lamb‚ The Black Boy‚
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laity] there exist Christian faithful who are consecrated to God in their own special manner and serve the salvific mission of the Church through the profession of the evangelical counsels." I. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH VIDEO Pope St. Pius X said that ‘’the Church is essentially an unequal society‚ that is‚ a
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poets mind instead of traditional methods. Alexander Pope would be considered one of the most important writers of the Enlightenment. In "An Essay of Criticism"‚ Pope explains that it is important to know what you are talking about when doing a critique‚ and that it is wrong to pretend to be someone of vast knowledge. He writes; "So by false learning is good sense defaced: / And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools" (25‚ 27). Pope makes it very clear throughout this piece that one needs
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"A Supermarket in California" is a poem published in 1956 by the American poet Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg is a prime example of a poet during what is now referred to as the ’Beat Generation’‚ a literary movement bucking the typical ideals of American society. This can easily be seen within "A Supermarket in California" as it is makes note of many issues within society as they align with the typical American view versus Ginsberg’s own. Contrasting views to be examined in the poem include homosexuality
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CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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