ellauri042.html on line 885: Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, or in full Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes, is a prose work by the English metaphysical poet and cleric in the Church of England John Donne (22 January 1572 - 31 March 1631) , published in 1624. It covers death, rebirth and the Elizabethan concept of sickness as a French visit from God, reflecting internal sinfulness. The Devotions were written in December 1623 as Donne recovered from a serious but unknown illness – believed to be relapsing fever or typhus. Having come close to death, he described the illness he had suffered from and his thoughts throughout his recovery with "near super-human speed and concentration". Registered by 9 January, and published soon after, the Devotions is one of only seven works attributed to Donne which were printed during his lifetime.
ellauri042.html on line 943: Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society. Another important theme in Donne´s poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and about which he often theorised. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.
ellauri323.html on line 121: Yet, though a Greek would have railed at her asymmetry, and an Elizabethan have called her “gipsy,” Miss Dobson now, in the midst of the Edwardian Era, was the toast of two hemispheres.
ellauri373.html on line 620: Karkea musiikkikulkueet ovat hyvin todistettuja keskiajalla rangaistuksina oletetun sukupuolinormien rikkomisesta. Miehet, jotka olivat antaneet äkillisten vaimojensa dominoida itseään, joutuivat todennäköisesti kohteen kohteeksi, ja Somersetin Elizabethanin kartanon Montecute Housen friisi kuvaa juuri tällaista tapahtumaa. Kuitenkin 1800-luvulla käytäntö näyttää olevan jossain määrin keskittynyt uudelleen; kun alkuaikoina karkeaa musiikkia käytettiin usein miehiä vastaan, jotka eivät olleet onnistuneet puolustamaan auktoriteettiaan vaimoilleen, kun taas 1800-luvun lopulla se kohdistui enimmäkseen miehiin, jotka olivat ylittäneet auktoriteettinsa lyömällä heitä.
xxx/ellauri059.html on line 401: In the way Shakespeare ends the play he shows how deeply-rooted anti-Semitism was in his time. A Twenty-first century audience will feel sorry for Shylock but an Elizabethan audience would probably have cheered.
xxx/ellauri128.html on line 143: Though his reputation has declined since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration.
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