Love through the ages literary movements

Medieval (1330-1400)

Women were mens property

Religion dominated texts

Courtly love - parodies insulted poor and humoured the rich

Divide in social status and wealth - weathly married for buisnesses, poor for love

Pilgrimages bought together communities

Elizabethans (1550-1600)

Arranged marriages

Religion still dominant

Still divides in social classes

Drama and poetry flourished - sonnets wooed women

Elizabeth I on throne - but women were still subservent

Jacobean (1600-1625)

Metaphysical poetry - juxtaposed images to express love

Love is painful rather than romantic

Religion still dominated

Women still inadequate

Science and maths werer spoken about

Restoration (1650-1689)

Charlies 1 enjoyed comedy - flourish of poetry and drama

Turbulent period - reflective in literature, society fukl of contradictions

Religion still dominated literature

Romantic (1789-1830)

Nature = key feature

Odes and poetry were popular

Science becoming benevolent

Literature asked questions - fantasical and magical images

Victorian (1840-1901)

Restricted era

Queen Victoria believed women belonged at home

Time of contrast - satirical literature due to restrictions compared to romantic era

Modernist (1918-1960)

Political disgruntlement - writers expressed rebellion towards goverment

Stream of consiousness and internal monologues

Structure = free, emotional expression in deep ways

Most people were unhappy and isolated from society

Contemporary (1960-now)

Little restrictions = variation in literature

Women have equal rights