restoration english

dates

1660-1789

diasters

plague, great fire 1666 (13,00 houses 88 churches 4 days)

reading

news papers less censored, periodicals of events/gossip, novels popular

writing

diaries events/gossip, letters

literary shift

poetry to prose, less imagination/love centered, more rational thought

horatian

mildly pokes fun at subject

juvenalian

mercilessly criticizes practices/people

satire

Writing that uses humor to expose or ridicule corruption and foolishness​

understatement

the literal meaning falls short of the topic​

irony

contradiction between reality and actual​

swifts background

born in ireland, english parents, poor, dad died before birth, traveled b/w countries, anglican, championed ireland

problem w/ ireland

severe economic problems, ireland blames england because of landowners, english think they caused their own problems (catholic=many kids)

proposal

idea offered for support

modest proposal

moderate opinion

authors stated purpose in modest proposal

make children benefical to society instead of useless

authors real purpose in modest proposal

get englands attention on real reasons to help ireland

proposal in modest proposal

sell & eat children after age of 1

audience in modest proposal

upper class english abstintee landlords

tone in modest proposal

mock serious

understatement in modest proposal

the titles, bordering upon cruelty

irony in modest proposal

no children, humbly propose own thoughts

persuasion in modest proposal

facts, appeal to opposition, authority

how was modest proposal published

pamphlet

parody

writing that makes fun of another, more serious

antithesis

juxtaposing serious & trivial

what type of literature is rape of the lock

mock epic

rape of lock is written in

heroic couplets iambic pentameter

epic simile in rape of the lock

vanity table

invocation of muse

john caryll

comparison in in rape of the lock

hair is like a noose, hair captures men & keeps them like slaves, nymph is belinda

antithesis in rape of lock

queen anna & counsel/tea, belinda will loose her virginity or drop a china jar, reaction to hair being cut

what is being criticized in rape of lock

upper class worrying about the wrong things in life

dire offense in rape of lock

belindas hair being cut

diary of pepys

biased w/ personal detail, events of time plague/fire, great personal account, 1ST POV

journal of daniel defoe

plague year, 1st POV, account of what it was like in plague, lots of research

great pit is what

mass grave cant dig below 20 ft because of wells

narrator has what in journal?

morbid curiosity

sexton lets narrator see graves because?

call for repentance/great lesson

why was man in cloak crying?

wife & children dead & being thrown in sloppily

how is rape of lock divided

cantos

weapon/battle in rape of lock

hairpin and battles baron

what other elements of an epic

sea voyage, visit to underworld & heroic deeds