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 "There is no season such delight can bring, as summer, autumn, winter and the spring" Literature of the Puritan period or Puritan poetry.  The puritan poetry divided into three parts first poetry of School of Spancer, second poetry of the Metaphysical school, and third poetry of the Cavalier poet.  School of Spencer Or school of Spencerean poetry.  The spenserians were the follower of Spencer. Spencer and Sidney had made fashionable during the sixteenth century, and the preferred to follow Spencer and considered him as their master. Phines Fletcher(1582-1648) and Giles Fletcher (1583-1623) are the most important poets of the spenserian poets and of this school. They were both priests and fellows of Cambridge university. Phineas Fletcher wrote a number of Spencerian pastorals and allegories. His most important work is the poem " The purple Island". It is an allegorical poem and follows the allegorical pattern of the Faerie Queen. Giles Fletcher was more lyrical and...

17th century was divided into two ages or era.  The Puritan age or age of Milton during 1600 to 1660. And restoration age or age of Dryden during 1660 to 1700. Puritan age was further divided into two periods the first Jacobean age or period during 1603 to 1625, the ruler of jacobean period was James 1 and second Caroline age or period during 1625 to 1649, the ruler of Caroline period was Charles 1 and the Restoration Period or the Age of Dryden (1660-1700). The Jacobean era was the time when James I was King of England, between 1603 to 1625. We call it the Jacobean era, because Jacobus is the Latin version of the name James.( Latin form of the English name James ) King James 1 was also the king of Scotland, in Scotland he was known as king James 6. He was ruling both England and Scotland, he was called the king of great Britain. King James 1 was a strong advocate of royal absolutism, Which means that the king decision is final.  The Ca...

"Then love is sin, and let me sinful be" John Donne is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and satires. He is also known for his sermons. he was was an English poet, scholar, priest, lawyer, soldier and secretary. Donne is often considered the greatest love poet in the English language. He is also noted for his religious verse and treatises and for his sermons, which rank among the best of the 17th century.  Donne is considered a master of the metaphysical conceit. He generally is known as the poet of love, obscure, and mystic poet.  Life John Donne was born on 22 January, 1571 or 1572 in London. he was born into a recusant Roman Catholic family. Donne was the third of six children. His father, also named John Donne, his mother name was Elizabeth Heywood. His father and mother, ...

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night" George Herbert was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words.  His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need.  Herbert was a versatile master of metrical form and all aspects of the craft of verse. Though he shared the critical disapproval given the metaphysical poets until the 20th century, he was still popular with readers.  Realme Narzo 30A Buy Now Life George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 in Montgomery Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales,  into an artistic, the son of Richard Herbert (died 1596) and his mother M...

 "A willing mind makes a hard journey easy" Click Here For  Decline Of Drama Ben Jonson Ben Jonson is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I. Among his major plays are the comedies Every Man in His Humour in 1598. Ben Jonson was an English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. Ben Jonson is best known for his satiric comedies. Jonson was called the first poet laureate. He was father of English classical comedy in England. Jonson is the most commanding literary figure among the Elizabethans. For twenty-five years he was the literary dictator of London, the chief of all the wits that gathered nightly at the old Devil Tavern. With his great learning, his ability, and his commanding position as poet laureate, he set himself squarely against his contemporaries and the romantic tendency of the age. He was known as war of theatres. For two things he fought bravely, to restore the classi...

"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear" Decline of the Drama It was inevitable that the drama should decline after Shakespeare, for the simple reason that there was no other great enough to fill his place. Aside from this, other causes were at work, and the chief of these was at the very source of the Elizabethan dramas. It must be remembered that our first playwrights wrote to please their audiences, that the drama rose in England because of the desire of a patriotic people to see something of the stirring life of the times reflected on the stage. For there were no papers or magazines in those days, and people came to the theaters not only to be amused but to be informed. Like children, they wanted to see a story acted; and like men, they wanted to know what it meant. Shakespeare fulfilled their desire. He gave them their story, and his genius was great enough to show in every play not only their own life and passions but something of the meaning of all lif...

  "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" Introduction William Shakespeare was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and nicknamed the Bard of Avon ( river ) Or the Bard ( poet ). His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. William Shakespeare was an English playwright and actor of the Renaissance era Or during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theatre. He was an important member of the King’s Men company of theatrical players.  he wrote a total of 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems. He is considered as master and genius in english literature.  Life And Family He was born in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England. No birth records exist, but an old church record indicates that a William Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-up...

"Some are born Great, others achieve Greatness" Period Of Shakespeare's Works  In 1590 to 1595, as early Works, Shakespeare's first plays were mostly histories, Richard 2 and the three parts of Henry 6, written during a vogue for historical drama. Comedy plays were love's labour lost (longest scene, longest speech and longest single word), The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Tragedy plays were Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet ( tragic love Story ).  The Comedy of Errors was also based on classical models and is probably the most complicated of all Shakespeare’s plays, involving two sets of identical twins with multiple identity confusions.  Romeo and Juliet, the famous romantic tragedy of sexually charged adolescence, love, and death.  Romeo and Juliet fall in love at a party. They are sure they will not be allowed to marry. Nevertheless, helped by Friar Laurence, they marry in secret instead. Unfortunately, b...

  "Hell is just a frame of mind" Christopher Marlowe   was  a writer of the elizabethan era.  He is known as a great elizabethan tragedian.  He was an English playwright, poet, dramatist and translator of the Elizabethan era. Christopher Marlowe is also known as Kit Marlowe.  He was father of English dramatic poetry. He was true founder of English drama. Ben Jonson called his black verse as Marlowe's mighty line. Christopher Marlowe was most shining star among the university wits. Marlowe was the first to achieve critical notoriety for his use of blank verse, which became the standard for the era and also His free verse is very famous at that time. Marlowe was serving the government in some secret capacity.  Some scholars also believe that he greatly influenced William Shakespeare, His place is very next to  William shakespeare. Golden MCQs Buy Now Life Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury around February 26,  Kent, England in 1564. W...