Seventeenth-century English Literature

allegory analogies Anglican Arminians Army became Belton House Ben Jonson Carew Caroline Catholic century characters Charles Christian Church claimed classical comedy conceits concerned contemporary contrast couplets Court Cowley create Cromwell Davenant death diction divine Donne Donne's drama dramatists Dryden early Elizabethan England English epic essays Exclusion Crisis Fletcher grace Herbert heroic play humours imitated influenced Inns of Court Interregnum Jacobean James John Jonson Jonsonian King libertine literary literature London Lord manner marriage Marston masque meditation metaphors metaphysical Milton moral mystical Neo-Classicism odes Paradise Parliament parody pastoral philosophical plot poems poet poetic poetry political Presbyterians prose published Puritan reform religious Renaissance Restoration Restoration comedy rhymed Robert Boyle romance Royal Society Royalist satire satirises sceptical Senecan social songs sonnets stanzaic stanzas style theatre themes Thomas thou tion tragedy tragicomedy translation Tyrannick Love verse Waller William William Davenant witty writing written wrote