1. important writers of the Restoration Period 2. writing styles of the Restoration Period 3. meanings behind Pope's Epigrams 4. theme of Pope's "Essay on Man" 5. Pope's other satirical works--two main ones from lecture 6. John Dryden's literary biography 7. Aphra Behn's biography 8. main idea of Behn's "On Her Loving Two Equally" 9. writing style of Swift's "A Modest Proposal" 10. "tone" for the point of view in Swift's "A Modest Proposal" 11. writer's purpose of Swift's Gulliver's Travels 12. central idea of Montagu's "Letter to Her Daughter" 13. the importance of The Spectator in its time 14. main idea of Steele's "Sir Roger de Coverly" 15. main idea of Addison's "Country Manners" 16. Samuel Pepys's literary biography 17. main idea of Pepys's "The London Fire" 18. main idea of Pepys's "The Coronation of Charles II" 19. reason for the decline of English theater 20. Daniel Defoe's biography 21. similarities between Defoe's and Swift's main characters 22. content of Defoe's Journel of the Plague Year 23. formation of Whig & Tory parties (from Cavailer & Puritan) 24. mood and theme of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" 25. Samuel Johnson's biography 26. history behind Samuel Johnson's Dictionary 27. construction of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary 29. the weaknesses of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary 29. the main idea of Johnson's "Letter to Lord Chesterfield" 30. Johnson's self-defense in the "Preface to the Dictionary" 31. Boswell's plan in writing the Life of Samuel Johnson 32. distinction between Pre-Romantics and Romantics 33. the purpose of The Union Act of 1707 34. the central themes of the Romantic movement 35. Wollstonecraft's views on marriage 36. the main ideas of Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" 37. reasons why Wollstonecraft's early efforts in feminism were revolutionary 38. Wollstonecraft's stated opinions from "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" 39. William Blake's biography 40. the key issue being examined in Blake's "The Poison Tree" 41. the key issue of Blake's "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" poems 42. Robert Burns's biography 43. the mood of Burns's "John Anderson, My Jo" 44. the overall conclusion of Burns's "To a Mouse" 45. William Wordsworth's biography 46. the main focus William Wordsworth's "The World Is Too Much with Us" 47. main ideas William Wordsworth's "It Is Beauteous Evening" 48. the "child" philosophy of William Wordsworth's "My Heart Leaps up" 49. the "real" setting of William Wordsworth's ".....Tintern Abbey" 50. the spiritual theme of William Wordsworth's ".....Tintern Abbey" 51. main subjects of Dorothy Wordsworth's journal entries 52. Samuel Coleridge's biography 53. the key concepts in Coleridge's "Kubla Kahn" 54. parts of the frame story in Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 55. plot details from Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 56. the primary lesson in Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 57. the biography of Lord Byron 58. central subject of Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" 59. the biography of Percy Shelley 60. the possible subjects of Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias" 61. key concepts of Percy Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" 62. the contents of Percy Shelley's "To a Skylark" 63. the biography of Mary Shelley 64. the background behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 65. the biography of John Keats 66. the plot of Keats's "La Belle Dame sans Merci" 67. the mystery at the end of Keats's "Ode to a Nightengale" 68. the conclusion of Keats's "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" 69. the subjects of analysis in Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" 70. the main idea of Keats's "To Autumn" |