Am Lit Flashcards
Germanic tribes from Europe who overran England in the 5th century
Old English
represented by a large number of religious works
Old English
Works frequently of a religiously didactic content.
Written for performance at court or for festivals.
Middle English
Influence of Aristotle
The English Renaissance
Coincides with the reign of Elizabeth 1
Elizabethan Age
Literature became sophisticated
Jacobean Age
reign of Charles 1.
refinement and elegance
Caroline Age
refinement and elegance
Caroline Age
Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth Period
political treatise
Commonwealth Period
of philosophy, reason, skepticism, wit
The Neoclassical Period
tolerance over religious and political passion
Restoration
produced an abundance of prose and poetry and the distinctive comedy
Restoration
under the Roman emperor Augustus
Augustan Age or Age of Pope
under the Roman emperor Augustus
Augustan Age or Age of Pope
predominant characteristics of refinement
Augustan Age or Age of Pope
emphasize instinct
Age of Sensibility
strong use of feeling
Romantic Period