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28 de may. de 2006 · 9 John Dryden; 10 John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; 11 The authorial ciphers of Aphra Behn; 12 Swift, Defoe, and narrative forms; 13 Mary Astell and John Locke; 14 Alexander Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the literature of social comment; Index
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647– 26 July 1680), was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II’s Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the “spiritual authoritarianism” of the Puritan era. Rochester was the embodiment of the new era, and he is as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. He died at the ...
15 de ene. de 2023 · #libertine #earlofrochester #charlesII #rake #spelsburyJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was a controversial figure in the reign of Charles II. A bright a...
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1 de ene. de 2002 · John Wilmot, the notorious Earl of Rochester, was the darling of the polished, profligate court of Charles II. One of the finest poets of the Restoration, patron to important playwrights, model for countless witty young rakes in Restoration comedies, he lived a full but short life, dying in 1680 (with a dramatic deathbed renunciation of his atheism) at the age of thirty-three.
John Wilmot was an English poet and part of Charles II’s court. His notable works are A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind, A Letter From Artemesia, and An Allusion to Horace. He was described by famed metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell as the “best English satirist.” His poetry was censored during the Victorian era.
Summary. ‘ Absent from thee ’ by John Wilmot is a satirical poem that makes light of traditional love poetry by speaking on serial unfaithfulness. The poem begins with the speaker stating that he is separated from the one he loves, the intended listener of the poem. While they are apart he is miserable.
Reason, by whose aspiring influence. We take a flight beyond material sense, Dive into mysteries, then soaring pierce. The flaming limits of the universe, Search heaven and hell, Find out what's ...
