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    Biographical/historical criticism analyzes an author's works through the context of their life and times. It first emerged in the 17th century as scholars like Samuel Johnson sought to relate an author's background and life experiences to their writings. This school of thought believes an author's real-life experiences can directly or indirectly shape their creative works. To understand Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress", biographical context is provided: the poem was likely written in 17th century England during a turbulent political period. Examining Marvell's life and the rigid Puritan social norms of his era provides insight into the poem's themes of urgency and limited time.

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    Biographical/historical criticism analyzes an author's works through the context of their life and times. It first emerged in the 17th century as scholars like Samuel Johnson sought to relate an author's background and life experiences to their writings. This school of thought believes an author's real-life experiences can directly or indirectly shape their creative works. To understand Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress", biographical context is provided: the poem was likely written in 17th century England during a turbulent political period. Examining Marvell's life and the rigid Puritan social norms of his era provides insight into the poem's themes of urgency and limited time.

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    Biographical/historical criticism analyzes an author's works through the context of their life and times. It first emerged in the 17th century as scholars like Samuel Johnson sought to relate an author's background and life experiences to their writings. This school of thought believes an author's real-life experiences can directly or indirectly shape their creative works. To understand Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress", biographical context is provided: the poem was likely written in 17th century England during a turbulent political period. Examining Marvell's life and the rigid Puritan social norms of his era provides insight into the poem's themes of urgency and limited time.

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    183211053-Arynaa Azzahra-Biographical - Historical Criticism, To His Coy Mistress

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    Biographical/Historical Genre Criticism: To His Coy Mistress

    Biographical came from the Greek bios which means life and grafein which
    mean writing while historical from historia that means inquiry or knowledge
    (Possing: 2012, 2).
    Biographical/historical criticism history can be traced back in 17th century,
    specifically in 1779. A man called Samuel Johnson was the first person who
    attempted to use his first thorough-going exercise in biographical criticism. He tried
    to relate a writer’s background and life to his works. Later, this approach became
    popular in the 19th and 20th centuries. The early historical critic was rooted in
    Protestant Reformation ideology because the influence of traditional interpretation
    will be gone upon using biographical/historical approach for biblical studies.
    Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, a literary critic and one of the major figures in
    French literary history said in his major critical contention that it’s important to
    understand the artist biography to understand the artist himself.
    Biographical historical criticism itself is a critical approach to literature in
    which the information about the author’s life, background, and environment is used
    to understand author’s work better. By life, it includes to understand the author and
    his political, economical, and sociological context in his times. It’s believed that in
    biographical/historical criticism that real life experience can shape an author works,
    either directly or indirectly. However, it’s necessary to be remembered that a
    biographical/historical critic shouldn’t take too far, meaning the critic will drown
    out unnecessary material. A biographical/historical critic should only amplify the
    meaning of the text. Biographical/historical critic isn’t one to be confused with
    autobiographical that means “the biography of a person narrated by that person.”
    To understand biographical/historical criticism better, an example will be presented,
    that is To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell.
    To His Coy Mistress (will be abbreviated to THCM) was a poem created by
    an English Poet Andrew Marvell. Since this poem is a cavalier poetry, which means
    the poets that sided with King Charles I against parliament in 17th century, it’s likely
    written in 17th century. However, it’s unclear whether his poem is created during
    the English Interregnum in 1649-1660, but it’s likely to be written in the early
    1650s1, but it wasn’t published until 1681 in Miscellaneous Poems, three years after
    his death. THCM is known to be a “Carpe diem” poem (seize the day) or a seduction
    poem. Whether the type of poem is more relevant to “carpe diem” or seduction will
    be found through historical/biographical approach.

    1
    Lee, Michelle. (2008). "To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell." Poetry Criticism. Detroit:
    Gale, Cengage Learning. 171-282. Retrieved from Gale.cengage.com: Literature Criticism Online.
    The poet, Andrew Marvell, who wrote THCM in 17th century, was at the time
    on the middle of social setup that was highly puritan. Renaissance had influenced
    both classical learning and logic. The definition of logic because of that become the
    formal and systematic study with valid inference and correct reasoning principle,
    meaning it became rigid. To put it in metaphor, a world that only sees black and
    white. THCM became an argument toward such principle.
    An argument built through three sections of his poem by starting off with
    asserting the lady’s shyness. That it wouldn’t be criminal if they’re immortal, so
    they can spend all the time because the time doesn’t matter to their physical being
    anymore. The author further illustrated it by giving an example of what activities
    they can do in eternity. However, such illustration can’t be reached, thus Marvell
    gave the conclusion that in their limited time, they should be pro-active so it could
    bring more fulfillment.
    A reflection that removed traditional concept of time and inciting a debate on
    the urgency of creating within human frames as a way to celebrate life. THCM
    didn’t reflect the poet’s personal feeling, but rather his comment on the structure of
    society. Indeed, Marvell has lived through a turbulent political period in England.
    Since at that time, after a series of civil wars between 1642 and 1651, the monarchy
    was getting overthrown. Marvell himself was a supporter of short-lived
    Commonwealth of England founded by members of Parliament who won the war.
    He became bitter after the reinstatement of the monarchy in 1660. Marvell THCM
    was published posthumously. However, some speculated that it was written around
    the end of the civil war or the early days of Commonwealth. The theme “carpe diem”
    in his poem is possible to have been influenced by the volatile political climate in
    Marvell’s adult year.
    To conclude, the poem isn’t a sexual imagery but rather it’s an expression of
    time imagery, specifically questioning the limited time that human has because of
    the political issue that Marvell’s had when he’s alive.
    References
    Benson, Silvester. (2016). Literary Criticism [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
    https://slideplayer.com/slide/download/

    Lee, Michelle. (2008). "To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell." Poetry Criticism.
    Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning. 171-282. Retrieved
    from Gale.cengage.com: Literature Criticism Online.

    Possing, Birgitte. (2012). Historical-Biographical. Retrieved from


    https://possing.dk/pdf/hibioEng-2012-Maj.pdf

    Traditional Approaches in Literary Criticism [PowerPoint slides]. (2007).


    Retrieved from
    https://acikders.ankara.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/69234/mod_resource/content/
    1/Traditional%20Approaches.pptx

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