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FROM CHARLES I TO THE ENLIGHTMENT (WILIAM III (Of Orange): glorious…
FROM CHARLES I TO THE ENLIGHTMENT
CHARLES I
(1600-49)
COMMONWEALTH
with
OLIVER CROMWELL
(monarchy abolished)
CHARLES II
(1630-58)
THE RESTORATION
JOHN MILTON
(1608-74)
wrote
PARADISE LOST
Style: elevated with latin syntax
Ptolemaic system
God sits on his trone surrounded by the 9 order of angels; the tenth one, Satan, has been hurled down into the Hell (Chaos). out of Chaos, God created the earth, fixed in the centre of the universe
SATAN= epic hero (leadership, courage and rebel against authority)
TITANISM
wrote in blank verses (iambic pentameter)
pamphlets (AEROPAGITICA) about divorce, free press and education
latin secretary of Commonwealth
puritain polemisist, republican and so he despised all forms of tyranny
WILIAM III
(Of Orange): glorious revolution (bloodlessness)
AGE OF REASON
:fire:
economic progresses (London: finantial capital of the world)
Bill of rights (1689)
LITTERATURE
= work (realistic novel) :pen:
Richardson (epistolary)
Daniel Defoe (diary) father of the English novel
ROBINSON CRUSOE
(based on experiences of Alexander Selkirk)
Spiritual autobiography (saved by God's provindece) (1st person)
HERO: selfmade man belonging to the middle class, practical and realistic man
PILGRIM FATHERS
3 SECTIONS
1) he leaves his family and he lands in Brazil (starts plantation) and in Africa (shipwrecked on a remote island 28 years)
2) Robinson's experiences on the island (exploit and dominate nature) :
3) he returns to England where he knows his platation in Brazil has made him rich
QUEEN ANNE
(1665-1714). The
first prime minister
was the Whig
Sir Robert Walpole
, accused of corruption and bribery.
In 1736 the Whig
William Pitt
became prime minister and started a
merchantilist policy
.
