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The Baroque Presentation of Body in Metaphysical Poetry

Author: QuZuo
Tutor: LiuLiHui
School: Southwestern University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Baroque Body Metaphysical poetry
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract

West has soul and body into two ideological and cultural traditions, humanism throughout harmonious body concept evolved in the the Renaissance early and peak. The end of the sixteenth century, the second half of the 17th century, Renaissance and neo-classical period of alternating, ie scholars known as the \. Turbulent social poets caught in the contradiction between divinity and humanity, the ideal and the reality, and a new kind of dynamic cosmology based on the concept of body is applied to the field of aesthetic and artistic performance, so as to form a unique style. Under this style, the baroque writers are no longer satisfied with the classical method in favor of seeking a new form of creative use of rich imagination and abnormal bizarre performance practices to the performance of the body. Such irregularities view the body has been well represented in the metaphysical poetry. In order to evade difficult to reconcile the contradictions, poets build their own concept of the body in the two extremes, on the one hand, point to the myth and Christian tradition, detained and bound to comply with the religious body, the to pursue asceticism and ascetic piety performance, other hand deeply that life is like a dream, only sensual pleasure temptation to meet the state to escape this contradiction. Poets exaggerated body art deformation and imagination, describing the theme of death, as well as on the body Baroque performance practices can also become a reality reflect poets pessimistic attitude towards life. This article introduction part of the thrust of the article and the analysis method, pointed out that the Metaphysical poets emphasis on the body from the Baroque tradition. The part of the brief and metaphysical poetry in the relationship between the body and Baroque sensibility analysis in the social context of the Baroque period, as well as the critics' discussion of the concept of body that in the period of metaphysical poetry. The second part examines the the religious sentiments body. Based on the use of the body image poetry respectively discussed the fanatic fans sacred body, restraint, detention of the body, as well as the deformation of the body. This part of the main religious poetry, the in Dunn, Ke Laixiao and Herbert highlights the paradoxical state of the poetry of the feelings and beliefs of religious fanaticism was constrained by dogma. The third part is concerned about the extensive use of physical description vocabulary Dunn and Marvell poetry and expression of sensual pleasures stressed. That part of the analysis of the relationship between the secular body of poetry, the body narrative pornographic imagery, as well as to exercise restraint and the temptation to explore the spiritual, cultural and social causes behind these images. Part IV Metaphysical poetry Baroque rhetorical devices for analysis, in order to embody its changeable, contradictory characteristics of symbiosis of art. Poet through the use of paradox, oxymoron, hyperbole, and Conceits baroque rhetorical body be described, to achieve the aesthetic effect of a dynamic tension. Epilogue comprehensive discussion of the concept of the body of the Metaphysical poets, and placed in the Baroque era, exploring the poetic significance of baroque performance of the body in a specific period of time. This article hopes that through the analysis of body image in several of these Metaphysical poets works, further understanding of its contribution in the literary tradition of the Baroque.

The Baroque Presentation of Body in Metaphysical Poetry

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