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John Earle Bishop of Salisbury

John Earle Bishop of Salisbury. By Jalen Young. http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=8400&back=. Life (1601-1665). John Earle…… Was born in York England Went to Merton College in Oxford Rose to Eminence in the Church, had extremely strong Anglican beliefs

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John Earle Bishop of Salisbury

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  1. John Earle Bishop of Salisbury By Jalen Young http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=8400&back=

  2. Life (1601-1665) John Earle…… Was born in York England Went to Merton College in Oxford Rose to Eminence in the Church, had extremely strong Anglican beliefs Tutor to Charles the second of England Left England after the Battle of Worcester and wrote abroad After Restoration Earle was reinstated and became the Chaplain to Charles the Second and later Bishop of Salisbury, until 5 years later as he was at the court of Charles the second and his consort Queen Catherine he died in 1665. During all this Earle wrote essays and books, but most remembered for the characters, and his writing style.

  3. Style Genres Style Stylistic Fame • Descriptive essays • Humorous short stories • Inductive reasoning • Explains stories and characters’ actions in a 3rd person point of view • Very little Latin • Extremely descriptive • Wrote about types of people he encountered

  4. Common Topics Topics Impact Themes

  5. Essays “A Self-Conceited Man” • Well thought out explanation of how a person comes to be “self-conceited” • Explains how this type of person rationalizes • Highlights signs of a morally corrupt person • Backs up rationalization through Aristotle • No personal Pronouns • States his conclusions of a conceited man as fact • “A Child” • Very few personal pronouns • Explains what a child is • Explains how a child thinks • Rationalizes a child's being • Backs up rationalization by stating his observations as facts • Backs up rationalization by quoting Shakespeare.

  6. His Impact Categorized over 100 types of characters/people in his lifetime by morals, age, and profession Left the largest impact on character writing anyone had ever seen during that time Books stayed in print for over 400 years Writers and play writes still study his depiction of people both stylistically and morally today

  7. Sources John, Earle. Microcosmography. 2009 ed. N.p.: BiblioBazaar, 2009. John Earle's Essay:. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. <http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/46093/>. "A Book of English Prose." A Book of English Prose. Ed. Percy Lubbock. Blackmask Online, 2007. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. <http://www.munseys.com/diskfive/bopat.htm>. Gale, Thomson, ed. "John Earle Biography." Dictionary of Literary Biography on John Earle. Thomson Gale, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. <http://www.bookrags.com/biography/john-earle-dlb/>.

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