English Literature: Jacobean, Caroline, Restoration Period
The Jacobean Period (1603-1625):
King James-এর নামে এই যুগের নামকরণ করা হয়। King James-কে The Wisest Fool বলা হয় কারণ তিনি নিজেকে ঈশ্বরের প্রতিনিধি মনে করতেন। Jacobean Period-এর শেষের ৫ বছর Puritan Period (1620-1660)-এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত।
Metaphysical Poets of this Age and their Works:
| Name of the Poet | Title and Pen Name | Notable Works |
| John Donne | Titles:
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Famous Book: An Anatomy of the World
Famous Poems:
Famous Quotes: 1. “I wonder by my truth, what thou and I did we” (The Good Morrow) 2. “For love, all love of other sights control and make a little room an everywhere.” (The Good Morrow) |
| Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) | Famous Poems:
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| Henry Vaughan (1621-1695 | Famous Poems:
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| George Herbert (1593-1633) | Title: Religious Poet | Famous Poems:
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| Cowley (1618-1667) | পুরো নাম: Abraham Cowley | Poem : Constantina Philetus
Famous Quote: “Life is an incurable disease” |
The Caroline Period:
ইংরেজি সাহিত্যে Caroline Period বলতে রাজা Charles I এর রাজত্বকালকে বুঝায়।
Poets of Caroline Period and their Notable Works:
| Name of the Poet | Title and Pen Name | Notable Works |
| Robert Herrick (1591-1674) | The greatest Cavalier Poet | Famous Poems
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Other Writers of this age:
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
- Henry Vaughan (1622-1695)
The Commonwealth Period(1649-1660):
ইংরেজী সাহিত্যে The Commonwealth Period-কে অরাজকাল বা Puritan interregnum বলে। কারণ ১৬৪৯ সালে রাজা প্রথম চালর্সকে শিরশ্ছেদ করা হয়।
Writers of the Commonwealth Period and their Notable works:
| Name of the Writer | Title and Pen Name | Notable Works |
| Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) | Thomas Hobbes is the ‘Father of Modern Political Philosophy’ | বিখ্যাত বই – The Leviathan |
| Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) | Famous prose:
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Neoclassical Age (1700-1750):
The Restoration Period, The Augustan Period, The Age of Sensibility – এই তিন যুগকে মিলিয়ে Neoclassical Age বলা হয়।
- Samuel Richardson-কে First English Novelist বলা হয়।
- প্রথম English Dictionary Samuel Johnson দ্বারা রচিত হয়।
Famous Writers of this Age:
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Henry Fielding
- Tobias Smollett
- Edmund Burke
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Thomas Gray
- William Blake
- Adam Smith
- Alexander Pope
- Samuel Richardson
- Joseph Adison
- Danielle Steel
- Jonathan Swift
- Daniel Defoe
The Restoration Period (1660-1700):
Restoration means the Restoration of Monarchy.
Famous Writers of the Restoration Period and their Notable works:
| Name of the Writer | Title and Pen Name | Notable Works |
| John Milton (1608-1674) | Titles:
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| John Dryden | Father of Modern English Criticism | Famous work:
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| William Congreve (1670-1729) | Famous plays:
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| John Bunyan | Famous Books:
Famous quote: “In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” |
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| Samuel Butler | Famous work: Hudibras | |
| John Locke | Father of Modern Democracy | Famous Book: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
| William Wycherley (1640-1716) | Famous Books:
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| Aphra Behn | Famous Books:
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| George Farquhar | Famous Books:
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| Thomas Otway | Famous Books:
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