Chapter 1

John Milton

Paradise Lost: Books 1 and 2 (or selections)

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The writing of the Christian Epic

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Character analysis of Satan

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Themes of Disobedience, Free Will, and Fall

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Miltonic Blank Verse and Grand Style

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Chapter 2

Restoration Comedy

William Congreve: The Way of the World

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George Etherege: The Man of Mode

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Comedy of Manners and Witty Repartee

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Marriage, Money, and Social Hypocrisy

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The Fop and the Rake as Stock Characters

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Chapter 3

Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

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The Mock-Epic Form

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Satire on 18th Century Aristocratic Society

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Use of the Heroic Couplet

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Gender aesthetics and commodification

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Chapter 4

John Webster and Jacobean Drama

The Duchess of Malfi

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Revenge Tragedy conventions

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Themes of Corruption, Madness, and Decay

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The Representation of Female Sexuality and Power

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Macabre imagery and theatricality

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Chapter 5

Aphra Behn and the Rise of Women Writers

The Rover (Drama) or Oroonoko (Prose)

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Female Authorship in the Restoration period

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Themes of Colonialism, Race, and Slavery

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Libertinism and Female Emancipation

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The transition towards the novel form

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