From the great expressionists and the literary accomplishments of 16th century English Literature a new breed of poets were born. Known as the Metaphysical Poets; English lyric poets of the 17th century had many achievements. ... These poets would often investigate the world expressing reason and passion and stressed the unification of thought and feeling; these works" discussed the entire experience of man; "The poets of the seventeenth century, the successors of the dramatists of the sixteenth, possessed a mechanism of sensibility which could devour any kind of experience (T.S. ... For Cent...

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JOHN DRYDEN ( 1631-1700). "Absolom and Achitopel- There was a dangerous crisis in 1670, both religious and political, which threatened to undo the Restoration settlement and to precipitate England once again into civil war. Dryden is the commanding figure of the last ...

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