Discuss the culture of “ the Age of Absolutism:”classism‚ the Baroque‚ literature and music. What impact did “the age of reason” have upon western culture? What impact did “ the Scientific Revolution” have? Name specific individuals and their works or themes. “The age of Absolutism” marked some of the best works of the time in classic arts. The culture was exemplified with Drama and Grandeur and art was used to communicate religious and emotional themes‚ sometimes to the extent that the king ruled
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genre to point out human vices and satirize the effects of social hierarchy. The best-known writer of this type of comedy is probably Moliere‚ famous for mocking the French “Ancien Regime” with plays such as The School for Wives‚ The Misanthrope‚ and Tartuffe. Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an Irish playwright‚ whose socialism beliefs were far from hidden‚ as showed his implication in the Fabian Society‚ a British socialist movement whose aim was to advocate the “principles of democratic socialism”
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Discuss the characteristics of the Restoration age The spirit of the restoration period was different from the Elizabethan period.by the year 1660 Elizabethan romanticism had but spent it-self of the great figure of the earlier era only one survived‚ John Milton was of the part.At the restoration he retired and worked his great poem reveals no sign of the time in which his later years were spent In restoration period the break with the past is almost absolute.Subject and style look on a new spirit
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Introduction Stylistics‚ sometimes called lingvo-stylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontological features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication
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This work‚ by Professor Bergson‚ has been revised in detail by the author himself‚ and the present translation is the only authorised one. For this ungrudging labour of revision‚ for the thoroughness with which it has been carried out‚ and for personal sympathy in many a difficulty of word and phrase‚ we desire to offer our grateful acknowledgment to Professor Bergson. It may be pointed out that the essay on Laughter originally appeared in a series of three articles in one of the leading magazines
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Neoclassicism‚ an 18th century art and architecture movement‚ looked to Greek and Roman art for models of harmony‚ idealized realism‚ and reason and drew on Enlightenment thinking. Neoclassical art‚ therefore‚ closely resembles the art of classical antiquity. Neoclassical Literature • Neoclassical playwrights turned to subjects based on classical myths and adhered to classical unities of time‚ place‚ and action. Neoclassical theater was characterized by grandiosity and opulence; this was reflected
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith THE AUTHOR Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728-1774) was born in Ireland‚ the son and grandson of Church of England rectors much like the central figure of his only novel. His family was poor but did manage to obtain an education for their son at Trinity College in Dublin‚ where he almost flunked out because he gave far too much attention to drinking and gambling‚ and at the University of Edinburgh‚ where he studied medicine. In early adulthood he wandered aimlessly
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THE DECAY OF LYING BY OSCAR WILDE A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian‚ don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass‚ and smoke cigarettes‚ and enjoy Nature. VIVIAN. Enjoy Nature! I am glad to say
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De Profundis Oscar Wilde De Profundis DE PROFUNDIS . . . Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods‚ and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one centre of pain. The paralysing immobility of a life every circumstance of which is regulated after an unchangeable pattern‚ so
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230 L673wo Lewis‚ Clive . $3.00 1B‚ ‚ber essays. race [I960] Soaples‚ q 113P- PUBLIC LIBRARY DATE DUE THE WORLD’S LAST NIGHT AND OTHER ESSAYS ALSO BY C. S. LEWIS The Screwtape Letters Miracles The Problem of Pain Transposition The Pilgrim’s Regress The The Great Divorce George MacDonald: An Anthology Abolition of Man Mere Christianity Surprised by Joy Reflections on the Psalms For Children The
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