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*Metaphysical poetryHighly intellectualized poetry written chiefly in 17th-century England.

Less concerned with expressing feeling than with analyzing it, Metaphysical poetry is

marked by bold and ingenious conceits (e.g., metaphors drawing sometimes forced parallels

between apparently dissimilar ideas or things), complex and subtle thought, frequent use of

paradox, and a dramatic directness of language, the rhythm of which derives from living

speech.John Donnewas the leading Metaphysical poet; others includeGeorge

Herbert,Henry Vaughan,Andrew Marvell, andAbraham Cowley.

2 highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits, incongruousimagery, complexity and subtlety of thought, frequent use of paradox, and often by

deliberate harshness or rigidity of expression

*Conceit- Inliterature, aconceitis anextended metaphorwith a complexlogicthat

governs a poetic passage or entirepoem.

*Cavalier poetry is different from traditional poetry in its subject matter. Instead of tackling

issues like religion, philosophy, and the arts, cavalier poetry aims to express the joy and

simple gratification of celebratory things much livelier than the traditional works of their

predecessors

Literary epic-Really big, expansive stories, usually on a serious subject, centered on a heroic

figure(s) who embody the values of that civilization and who engage in massive conflicts,

often battles. The actions of the heroes are significant not only because they profoundly

affect their people, but also because they reveal meaning in life and death.

*Restoration literature,English literaturewritten after the Restoration of the monarchy

in 1660 following the period of the Commonwealth. Some literary historians speak of the

period as bounded by the reign ofCharles II(166085), while others prefer to include

within its scope the writings produced during the reign ofJames II(168588), and

evenliteratureofthe 1690s is often spoken of as Restoration. any typical modern literaryforms (e.g., the novel, biography, history, travel writing, and journalism) began to develop

with sureness during the Restoration period. Pamphlets and poetry (notably that ofJohn

Dryden) flourished, but the age is chiefly remembered for its glittering, critical, and often

bawdy comedies of manners by such playwrights asGeorge Etherege,Thomas

Shadwell,William Wycherly,John Vanbrugh,William Congreve, andGeorge

Farquhar.

*the comedy of manners is a style of comedy that reflects the life, ideals and manners of

upper class society in a way that is essentially true to its traditions and philosophy. The

players must strive to maintain the mask of social artifice whilst revealing to the audiencewhat lies behind such manners.

*Augustan literatureis astyleofEnglish literatureproduced during the reigns ofQueen

Anne,King George I, andGeorge IIin the first half of the 18th century and ending in the

1740s with the deaths ofPopeandSwift(1744 and 1745, respectively). It is a

literaryepochthat featured the rapid development of thenovel, an explosion insatire,

the mutation ofdramafrompolitical satireintomelodrama, and an evolution

towardpoetryof personal exploration. Inphilosophy

*Mock-heroic, mock-epic orheroi-comic works are

typicallysatiresorparodiesthat mock common Classical stereotypes ofheroesandheroic literature. Typically, mock-heroic works to insert the heroic work by eitherputting a fool in the role of the hero or by exaggerating the heroic qualities to such apoint that they become absurd.

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