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1. My Last Duchess- one of his shortest dramatic monologues
2. Reoccurring irony in the speeches of evil people
3. The poet is constantly masked and never speaks in his own voice
3. “Childe Roland”-chivalric romance |
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1. Wanted to be different and to shock people
2. Makes aesthetic sensations his end
3. Goes back to ancient pagan religion
4. Mixture of exaggeration and ridicule
5. Straightforward criticism |
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. Preached the “Epicurean gospel”--hedonism
2. Says no to the Christian faith, but still goes to church for the sensations |
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1. Seldom tried to publish
2. The way he talked about religious symbols was revolutionary
3. Radical innovation, affectation and elitism
4. His diction is peculiar
5. Poetry is like premeditated prayer
6. Changes syntax to alter emphasis |
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1. Wrote limericks
2. Wit: of irony, incongruity, word play and illusion |
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1. Wrote Alice and Wonderland
2. Wrote in light verse |
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1. As in “and Sullivan”
2. Wrote plays for London theaters |
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1. Wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession
2. Was an iconoclast (“image-breaker”) critic
3. Believed it was terrible to morally interpret plays
4. Ibsen was his model
5. Wrote 60 plays
6. Denies that art is exempt from moral obligation (not “art for art’s sake”)
7. Was a Fabian socialist (peaceful, slow reform)
8. “Stage sermons” |
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1. “Art for art’s sake”--desire to shock
2. Disregarded public opinion
3. Wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and The Portrait of Dorian Gray |
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1. World weariness
2. Revolution against anything Victorian
3. Was driven by the pleasure principle
4. Chauvinistic national pride
5. “The white man’s burden”--Britain was the only place that seemed to care about the rest of the world--Being the world’s only superpower gave Britain a certain responsibility |
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1. Uses his own experiences in the Congo to exemplify a much larger issue
2. Wrote Heart of Darkness
3. Psychological analysis--novelist of interior life |
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