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Encyclopedia > 1674 in literature

See also: 1673 in literature, other events of 1674, 1675 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1672 in literature, other events of 1673, 1674 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... See also: 1674 in literature, other events of 1675, 1676 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

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Events

  • Vaishaal Shankar is elected to the French Academy, along with [Murali Huet]].
  • Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton visit Rome together.

Thomas Ken (1637 - March 19, 1711), the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnology, was born at Little Berkhampstead, Herts. ... Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler. ...

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  • Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College - Thomas Ken
  • Navigation and Commerce - John Evelyn

Thomas Ken (1637 - March 19, 1711), the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnology, was born at Little Berkhampstead, Herts. ... John Evelyn (October 31, 1620 – February 27, 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. ...

New drama

Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606–October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. ... Nathaniel Lee (c. ...

Births

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (January 15, 1674 - June 17, 1762), was a French poet and tragedian. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... Nicholas Rowe (June, 1674 - December 6, 1718), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, son of John Rowe (d. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Thomas Ruddiman (October 1674 - 19 January 1757) was a Scottish classical scholar. ...

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French Literature (14952 words)
Hence the fondness of the literature of the seventeenth century for general ideas and for sentiments that are common to mankind, and its success in those kinds of literature which are based on the general study of the human heart.
Hence the contempt of the seventeenth century literature for all that is relative, individual and mutable; in lyric poetry, which appeals primarily to the individual sentiment, in the description of material phenomena, and the external manifestations of nature, it falls short of success.
For thorough understanding of the development of French literature in the seventeenth century, we must consider it in three periods: (1) from the year 1600 to 1659, the period of preparation; (2) 1659-1688, the Golden Age of classicism; (3) 1688-1715, the period of transition between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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Prerequisite: AASt 100 or Engl 118 or 119 or consent of the instructor.
Literature of Britain, 1789-1932, with emphasis on poetry and nonfiction prose of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisite: Engl 118 or 119 or 260 or consent of the instructor.
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