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ENG 508 : 17th Century Poets and Poetry

Prerequisites: Prerequiste: ENG 214 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Description: English poetry started the 17th century divided into three schools: the Spenserians tried to retain a healthy amount of medieval romance; the Jonsonians imitated classical models with stress on formal precision and neatness; the Metaphysicals startled the reader with a kind of ingenious madness. Then a group of courtier poets, the Cavaliers, tried to combine the content of the Metaphysicals with the form of the Jonsonians.
Units: 3
Effective: Spring 1980
Latest Offering: Fall 2007
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