The document discusses the English Revolution and its influences on literature. It led to the rise of metaphysical poetry characterized by intellectual concepts and strange imagery. John Donne was a prominent metaphysical poet who used elaborate metaphors. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical tale of a pilgrim's spiritual journey, after being imprisoned for his faith. The document compares the unified literature of the Elizabethan period to the divided literature during the English Revolution that reflected the country's political and religious struggles.

2. I. The weakening of the tie between
Monarchy and Bourgeoisie
II. The clashes between the King and
Parliament
III. The outburst of the English
Revolution
Civil Unrest in England

3. Influences of the English Revolution
1. Sometimes called the
Puritan Revolution.
2. Puritanism was the religious
doctrine of the revolutionary
bourgeoisie.
3. Preached
thrift, sobriety, hard work
and unceasing labor.
4. Worldly pleasures were
condemned as harmful. The
Puritans opposed the old
church.
5. Closed down the London
theatres in 1642.

4. Literature of the Revolution Period
The spirit of unity and patriotism ends
English literature of this period was
very much concerned with the
tremendous social upheavals of the
time.
Milton and Bunyan defended the
English Commonwealth with their
pens.

5.  The name is given to a diverse group of
17th century English poets whose work is
notable for the use of:
 intellectual and theological concepts in surprising
conceits
 strange paradoxes
 far-fetched imagery.
 Metaphysics refers to the philosophy of
knowledge and existence.
Metaphysical poets

6. Metaphysical Conceits
 Generally associated with the 17th century
metaphysical poets
 A more elaborate, formal, and ingenious metaphor
 Can often form the framework for an entire poem
 An example of a metaphysical conceit is the metaphor
from John Donne's "The Flea", in which a flea that bites
both the speaker and his lover becomes a conceit
arguing that his lover has no reason to deny him
sexually, although they are not married:
Oh stay! three lives in one flea spare
Where we almost, yea more than married are.
This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage-bed and marriage-temple is.

7.  (1572-1631)
 the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetry,
 lived and wrote during the reigns of Elizabeth
I, James 1 and Charles I.
 He was a trouble maker in his early life but later
became the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral
 His poems can be divided into two categories: “the
youthful love lyrics, published after his death as
"Songs and Sonnets" in 1633, and the later sacred
verses”, published in 1624 as "Devotions upon
Emergent Occasions”
John Donne

8. John Bunyan
the son of a poor tinker
born in the little village of Elstow in 1628.
was sent to school, where he learned to read
and write, but was soon busy in his father’s
shop
began day-dreaming of a more religious life
after the Restoration was sent to prison for
conducting religious meetings
read his Bible in prison and wrote The
Pilgrim’s Progress

9. The Pilgrim’s Progress
 published in 1678, after he was released from
prison.
is a religious allegory.
It tells of the spiritual pilgrimage of Christian
Social significances
 its characters impress the reader like real persons
 the places are English scenes
 the conversations which repeat the language of his
time.
Bunyan describes the spiritual sufferance of the
poor people at a time of great change
the Celestial City in "The Pilgrim’s Progress" is the
vision of an ideal happy society

10. Question:
 What are the different aspects between the literature of
Elizabethan period and the literature of the Revolution
period?

11. The different aspects between the literature of
Elizabethan period and that of the Revolution period are
as follows:
Elizabethan literature had a marked unity and the feeling
of patriotism and devotion to the Queen, but in the
revolution period, the king became the open enemies of
the people, and the country was divided by the struggle
for political and religious liberty, so was the literature.
Elizabethan literature was inspiring. It was filled with
youth, hope and vitality. Literature in the revolution period
was colored with gloom and pessimism, age and
sadness.
Elizabethan literature was intensely romantic, but the
puritan literature was not at all.