writing in the Restoration period and those writing in the early eighteenth century. The second part of the book concentrates more specifically on individual dramatists‚ such as Aphra Behn‚ Susanna Centlivre‚ Mary Pix‚ Catherine Trotter and Delarivier Manley‚ as well as “minor” dramatists such as Eliza Haywood and Mary Davys.
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The Contrast Royall Tyler’s play is called The Contrast because it focuses on the differences between Americans and Europeans and the contrast between upper class society and lower class society for example‚ fashion‚ mannerisms‚ and lingo. The play introduces Jonathan as Colonel Manly’s Yankee waiter during the war. Jonathan’s way of thinking‚ his language‚ and his fashion sense emulates that of his master‚ Colonel Manly. Both Col. Manly and Jonathan appear to be a more humble nature with little
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Renowned Jamaican scientist Dr. Manley West Dr West was a scientist. He taught pharmaco-logy at the University of the West Indies‚ Mona. Significantly‚ with Dr Albert Lockhart‚ he developed Canasol‚ a drug for the treatment of the eye disease‚ glaucoma‚ from cannabis‚ or ganja. Born in Portland‚ West attended the Titchfield High School. He graduated from the University of London‚ England‚ in 1967 with a Doctor of Philosophy in pharmacology. His career at the UWI began as assistant lecturer
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The two poems "The Discovery" by Gwendolyn MacEwen and "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins have many similarities and differences. "The Discovery" by MacEwen is a poem about constant exploration and how nothing can ever fully be understood. "Pied Beauty" by Hopkins is a God fearing that is concerned with the continuous appreciation of everything God has created. Both authors depict a main central theme of an unappreciated world. However‚ both authors describe their themes in contradicting ways
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Jesuit motto "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam." Throughout the poem‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins makes shifts from theological reflections to descriptions of physical experiences. The poem‚ like a psalm‚ gives us a confident description of nature as the work of God. The motto that all Jesuits- including Hopkins - follow is "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam" which means "In the greater glory of God." As a Jesuit priest and religious fanatic‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins felt obliged to reinforce the idea of the glory of God in
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The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins is recognized by critics as some of the most influential and powerful religious poetry in all of history. At the young age of fifteen he won the Highgate School Poetry prize and two years later received the Governor ’s Gold Medal for Latin Verse (website). However‚ despite this early recognition‚ he published very few poems over the course of his life‚ with the majority of his poetry being published posthumously. This can lead one to infer that his poetry was
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Stephen Lun 11R Eng Literature Comment closely on the following poem‚ discussing how effective the poet shows his admiration for nature. Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins 611 words In the beginning‚ God created the heavens and the Earth and all of its landscapes. Gerard Manly Hopkins intensely shows his adoration and admiration of nature‚ with it being his main theme‚ in “Pied Beauty”. Through diverse and effective uses of structure‚ imagery and symbolism he showcases his love for
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On the 13th of March 1879 Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ a curate at St Aloysius’ church in oxford at the time took an afternoon stroll in the country side‚ a place he had been cherishing since he started studying in oxford many years before. He had found that all the bountiful poplars lining the side of the river near Binsey had been cut down. Oxfords countryside had always been very close to Hopkins heart‚ leaving him distressed at the thought that the effervescent beauty of the countryside had been destroyed;
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Hopkins’s unique literary style Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ a Victorian poet‚ still makes many literary critics think his work through over and over again‚ mainly because of his unique use of language. Susan Chambers is in her essay “Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Kinesthetics of Conviction” concerned with “the need for regular renewal”‚ which Hopkins considered highly important (32). Neither Hopkins nor Chambers were absolutely sure what makes us respond differently to familiar things after a period
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Hodgson‚ Ralph‚ "Eve‚" Robert Atwan and Laurance Weider‚ eds. Chapters into Verse: A Selection of Poetry in English Inspired by the Bible: Genesis through Revelation (Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 2000) 21-22. Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ "Spring and Fall". in The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ ed. W. H. Gardner and N.H. MacKenzie (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press‚ 1970)‚ poem 37. Bosman‚ Leonard. The Meaning and Philosophy of Numbers. London: Rider‚ 1932. "The Birthmark"‚
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