PECULIARITIES OF ENGLISH BAROQUE IN ITS LITERARY EXPRESSION

Abstract

The present paper considers the general characteristics of the Metaphysical Poetry in English literature in relation to the general cultural attitude of the European Baroque. In the present state of terminology, ‘metaphysical’ and ‘baroque’ are accepted as synonyms to describe a period of intense emotional attitudes, complexity and confusion, in which the poetry of John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, and Andrew Marvell received a highest level of prominence

Keywords

• literary history, baroque, metaphysical, conceit, wit, poetry, theme, motive

PECULIARITIES OF ENGLISH BAROQUE IN ITS LITERARY EXPRESSION

Abstract

Bu tezde İngiliz edebiyatındaki metafiziksel şiirin genel özellikleri Avrupa Barok’unun genel kültürel tutumları bağlamında incelenmektedir. Günümüz terminolojisinde “metafizik” ve “barok” kavramları yoğun duygusal tutumların hakim olduğu karışık ve karmaşık dönemi tasvir etmek için eş anlamlı kelimeler olarak kabul edilmektedir. John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, ve Andrew Marvell ile bu şiir sanatı en üst düzeye ulaşmıştır

Keywords

• edebiyat tarihi, barok, metafizik, istiare, duygu, şiirsellik, tema, motif

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