AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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Question
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What drove William Cowper to break down and become a recluse?
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the conviction that he was damned forever
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the loss of his fortune in the \South Sea Bubble\
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the vindication of Newtonian physics
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condemnation of his work by Jeremy Collier
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -William Cowper (1731-1800), pronounced “Cooper”, was a renowned 18th century poet and translator of Homer. His most famous works include his 5000-line poem ‘The Task’ and some charming and light-hearted verses, not least ‘The Diverting History of John Gilpin’.
Detailed explanation-2: -William Cowper, William Blake, and Anna Barbauld, in their poetry on race and abolitionism, wrote about both the humanity of racialized peoples and the greed and evil of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two of Cowper’s most famous poems written as hymns are: “God Moves in a Mysterious Way” and “There is a Fountain Filled with Blood.” Both hymns appeared in Olney Hymns, 1779.
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