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About this title: Traces England's long poetic tradition from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf, through the transition from Old English to Middle English, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Moving to the Renaissance, the episode features Edmund Spenser's allegorical romance "the Faerie Queene" and the first use of the Spenserian stanza. "Paradise Lost," Milton's blank verse masterpiece, was written in the context of the political instability that occured after the death of Elizabeth I. In "the Fall of Lucifer" and "Adam and Eve's fall," Milton addresses the problem of evil as a constant threat to attaining selfhood. In an age when scientific knowledge challenged all authority, the simplicity of the poems of Scottish poet, Robert Burns, recalled the sanctity of everyday life expressed in Scottish folklore and folksong. In the Romantic Age of English literature, reason itself became subject to intuition, passions, and the cult of nature. Poems by Lord Byron embody the passions of life and love so highly valued during the Englightenment. In contrast to the true Romantics, his poems stress irony over transcendence. The four romantic poets, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coreridge, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, all wrote romantic poetry praising nature and the power of imagination.
About the Series: Showcasing the lives and works of over 50 of the greatest poets from around the world, this eight part series takes you on a literary journey into the depths of the human soul. Shot on location, this series features scholarly interviews and dramatic poetry readings from Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe, Byron, Frost, Neruda, Gibran, and many more. Great Poets of the World illustrates why poetry, like no other literary form, has been part of the human experience since the dawn of time.
About the Series: Showcasing the lives and works of over 50 of the greatest poets from around the world, this eight part series takes you on a literary journey into the depths of the human soul. Shot on location, this series features scholarly interviews and dramatic poetry readings from Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe, Byron, Frost, Neruda, Gibran, and many more. Great Poets of the World illustrates why poetry, like no other literary form, has been part of the human experience since the dawn of time.
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Poetry -- History and criticism, Poetics, Beowulf -- Criticism and interpretation, Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400. -- Canterbury tales -- Criticism and interpretation, Spenser, Edmund, -- 1552?-1599 -- Criticism and interpretation, Milton, John, -- 1608-1674. -- Paradise lost -- Criticism and interpretation, Burns, Robert, -- 1759-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation, Byron, George Gordon Byron, -- Baron, -- 1788-1824 -- Criticism and interpretation, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, -- 1792-1822 -- Criticism and interpretation, Keats, John, -- 1795-1821 -- Criticism and interpretation, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation
Series
Great Poets of The World
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Duration
00:28:57 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Target or Intended Audience
intermediate (grades 7-9), higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college, adult/continuing education
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2014-01-01
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