The Dunciad

It is important to first be aware of the concrete definitions of low culture, as defined by Susan Sontag in her “Notes on Camp” (1964) “Low culture is a derogatory term for popular culture and working class culture” A direct opposite to this is high culture, often favoured by the elite. In which Sontag recognises that both “high culture and low culture are minority cultures. The combined influences of both strains constitute mainstream culture”. Before looking at what low culture Pope drew upon to

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a well known writer and poet. She often referred to herself as a poet, even though she was best known as a letter writer. Her letters involved augustan verse, which are satires, verse epistles, mock epics, translations, essays, ballads, and songs. All used to respond to her life happening around her, and to give life to her private feelings. Her writing had many facets, just like her personality. “She is remembered as a prolific letter in almost every epistolary style

When it comes to Stowe, Wheatley, and Truth there is one universal factor that they all had in common. That factor was they all shared a common theme and all their novels and that theme was based on slavery. Each of these authors have their own way of expressing their opinions of slavery and how they portrayed it. They also all had different approaches and different writing styles. The pieces of work that will be covered o express to answer the these questions are Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Stowe, His

One of the most influential poets of the 17th and 18th centuries, Alexander Pope significantly influenced classical poetry through his didactic and satirical works. Born in 1688, Pope began his life already facing many challenges through different facets of his life. Because his family were practicing Catholics, the Pope’s were forced to move onto the outskirts of town, and Alexander wasn’t able to attend school any longer, which challenged him to teach himself. Rising to the challenge, Pope taught

Elyse Simmons Venghaus English II-- Period 2 17 November 2014 Fahrenheit 451 Allusions 21. Allusion/Type: Bertrand Russell/Historical A. Quote from the text: "Why, there's one town in Maryland, only twenty-seven people, no bomb'll ever touch that town, is the complete essays of a man named Bertrand Russell" (Bradbury 146). B. Explanation of allusion: Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician and social critic who was involved in the Anglo-American philosophy movement. He campaigned

The epistle in its most basic form is simply a letter, with the epistolary form in the Eighteenth Century being a published letter often from one writer to another. This mode of writing was extremely popular in the Eighteenth Century, taking on different contexts for different purposes. An epistle can be a complex genre of writing. The Epistle can be a collection of poems, a satirical essay, a response to an author’s works or a raging sparring of words. Although quite constraining in format, an epistle

Literature Network » Literary Periods » The Enlightenment 57 The Enlightenment The Enlightenment, sometimes referred to as the Age of Reason, was a confluence of ideas and activities that took place throughout the eighteenth century in Western Europe, England, and the American colonies. Scientific rationalism, exemplified by the scientific method, was the hallmark of everything related to the Enlightenment. Following close on the heels of the Renaissance, Enlightenment thinkers believed that

Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable, since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For

The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is unavoidably ambiguous. It can mean poetry written in England, or poetry written in the English language. The earliest surviving poetry was likely transmitted orally and then written down in versions that do