EXAM - English literature 2
celebration). Benefits to the isle by the union of divine couple. Henrietta Maria Love and Beauty and
Charles – Heroic Virtue, together a great force. Masques centre of court life. Stuart divinity + now queen as
a Platonic love goddess. Maria – from French court amnners and highly artificial language of adoration –
fashion. Idealised love wiped away all stains. Through their harmony, Charles could make his heavenly
ascent and bring great benefits to their obedient subjects. Very costy. Closed court, believed in masques.
3. 17th century „metaphysical” poetry (Donne, Quarles, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell)
Religious poetry, books of emblems (allegorical pictures, verses explaining their moral), unconventional or
„unpotic” figures like compass or mosquito to reach surprise effects, paradox and oxymoron. About the
profound areas of experience: love (romantic and sexual), man’s relationship with God. Brief but intense
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