SHORT QUESTIONS EEG 3

   

 EEG- 3

(SHORT QUESTIONS)

What do you know about urban growth in the England of the mid 17^th century/ the Restoration Period?

Cromwell was becoming increasingly frustrated with the members of the Rump Parliament who had not passed reforms in either the political or religious sphere. In 1653, at the head of an army, Cromwell marched into Parliament and dismissed the members. It was replaced by the Barebones Parliament, a select parliament of committed Puritans who elected Cromwell as Lord Protector.

The predominant trend of the Restoration period was an insistence on metropolitan culture. The economic and cultural heart of England was naturally the city of London. Between 1660 -1780, London was transformed from a late medieval into an early modern city. The worst plague epidemic for centuries thinned the population; the great fire of 1666 flattened a large section of the walled city. Rebuilding was mostly in stone: over fifty of its churches were designed by the great architect Sir Christopher Wren, and some of their woodwork was carved by Grinling Gibbons. Civic amenities were improved, streets lighted, houses had gardens and wealthy merchants moved outside the city walls into gracious, spacious mansions that were stately, airy, fit for leisure, study and energetic economy. Whitehall and Westminster gradually merged into a bustling centre admired by European visitors.

·         Mention the important diarists of the Restoration Age and discuss the significance of their works.

The most well known diary writers during the Restoration period were Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn and Roger North. Samuel Pepys’s diary provides us an accurate picture of the social and political life of that age. Through the diary Pepys seemed to be talking to himself. His language is spontaneous. He wrote what comes to his mind and did not try to refine it. One comes across slips and abbreviation in his writing. There was at times an irregularity in sequence. The writing was based upon active observation which is continuously analyzed. Evelyn’s diary was full of accurate information. He also had his own unique style of narration. Restoration England is brought to life in the pages of Pepys and Evelyn in a particularly engaging manner. Using the diaries as our source and reference we will spend a fortnight in the company of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, exploring their lives, beliefs, careers and the society in which they lived.

·         Briefly analyse why lyric poetry did not flourish during the reign of Charles II.

 Lyric poetry, in which the poet speaks of his or her own feelings in the first person and expresses a mood, was not especially common in Restoration period/ during the reign of Charles II. Unlike Romantic poetry which is popular for its lyrical quality, poetry during the Restoration period is lacking in lyrical features due to apathy of the Restoration poets for passion, feelings and emotions. They looked at the passion with distrust and suspicion. That is the reason; very few lyrics were written in the Restoration period. Unlike the Romantic poets, Restoration poets didn’t give free play to their imagination; rather they dwelt upon the intellectual aspects of poetry. So, lyric poetry did not flourish during the Restoration period / the reign of Charles II..........................

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