in nearly all the poets of this period?

5. Who was George Herbert? For what purpose did he write? What qualities
are found in his poetry?

6. Tell briefly the story of Milton's life. What are the three periods of
his literary work? What is meant by the Horton poems? Compare "L'Allegro"
and "Il Penseroso." Are there any Puritan ideals in "Comus"? Why is
"Lycidas" often put at the summit of English lyrical poetry? Give the main
idea or argument of _Paradise Lost_. What are the chief qualities of the
poem? Describe in outline _Paradise Regained_ and _Samson Agonistes_. What
personal element entered into the latter? What quality strikes you most
forcibly in Milton's poetry? What occasioned Milton's prose works? Do they
properly belong to literature? Why? Compare Milton and Shakespsare with
regard to (1) knowledge of men, (2) ideals of life, (3) purpose in writing.

7. Tell the story of Bunyan's life. What unusual elements are found in his
life and writings? Give the main argument of _The Pilgrim's Progress_. If
you read the story before studying literature, tell why you liked or
disliked it. Why is it a work for all ages and for all races? What are the
chief qualities of Bunyan's style?

8. Who are the minor prose writers of this age? Name the chief works of
Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Browne, and Izaak Walton. Can you describe from your
own reading any of these works? How does the prose of this age compare in
interest with the poetry? (Milton is, of course, excepted in this
comparison.)

CHRONOLOGY
_Seventeenth Century_
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HISTORY | LITERATURE
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| 1621. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy
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| 1623. Wither's Hymn Book
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1625. Charles I |
Parliament dissolved |
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1628. Petition of Right | 1629. Milton's Ode on the Nativity
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1630-1640. King rules without |
Parliament. Puritan migration |
to New England | 1630-1633. Herbert's poems
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| 1632-1637. Milton's Horton poems