EXAM - English literature 2
patriotic, pastoral, classical and sentimental.
Winchilsea: A Nocturnal Reverie
James Thomson: The Seasons – appreciate colour in the universe, it is scientific and descriptive. To The
Memory of Sir Isaac Newton
John Denham: Cooper’s Hill – established the exact standard of good writing, obedience to decorum and
correctness of form, imagery and vocabulary, pattern for English poetry of place (celebration of place
etc... )
John Dyer: Grongar Hill, from the Fleece, Book III
Akenside:
Pomfret: The Choice
Alexander Pope: aim – to introduce new correctness to English poetry. Windsor Forest, Ode to Solitude
24. Augustan literary criticism (Dennis, Swift, Pope, Johnson)
Vituperative (sõimav) critical arguments (väitlemine). Dennis was modestly influential.
John Dennis: best remembered as a critic, one of prime irritants to Pope’s spleen. Critical and Satirical
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