ENGL200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Natural Philosophy, Petrarch, Petrarchan Sonnet
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Writing history offered a way to reinforce the developing sense of nationhood, a project all the more appealing after the creation of an english church and the beginnings of what was thought to be a british empire (636). This refers to the creation of the anglican church, when henry the eighth wanted to divorce his wife and couldn"t under christianity. A worldview or philosophy of life embedded in the practices, literature, and explicit philosophical reflection of a given culture. Social imaginaries change; there was a change in the early modern era (modernity) Refers to the historical, cultural, political and economic conditions related to the enlightenment; the rise of industrial society and scientific rationalism; and to the idea of controlling nature through technology, science, and rationalism. Growth in individualism, alienation, and the concept of freedom (from the nihilist idea of meaningless in life we can make our own meaning) Christianity is no longer of one piece (629).
