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Metaphysical poets - a term made by Samuel Johnson for a group of 17th century English poets. [2] ... French literature of the 17th century; Early Modern English ...
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A 17th-century English Baroque school using extended conceit, often (though not always) about religion [18] [19] John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell: Cavalier Poets: 17th-century English Baroque royalist poets, writing primarily about courtly love, called Sons of Ben (after Ben Jonson) [20] Richard Lovelace, William Davenant: Euphuism
Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE [1] or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. [79] [80] This includes the graveyard poets, from the 1740s and later, whose works are characterised by gloomy meditations on mortality.
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
17th-century English writers (6 C, 706 P) Pages in category "17th-century literature of England" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Literature during the largely peaceful Edo Period, in large part to the rise of the working and middle classes in the new capital of Edo (modern Tokyo), developed forms of popular drama which would later evolve into kabuki. The joruri and kabuki dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon became popular at the end of the 17th century.