Unit 5, the restoration and the eighteenth century Flashcards
years for the restoration
1660 - 1800
what happened to the puritan influence and english morality in 1660
puritan influence diminished and english morality reached its lowest point
what were restoration writers influenced by
french literature
how was restoration literature presented
presented in a satirical, didactic, and argumentative manner
who was the ruling poet of the restoration age
John Dryden
John Lockes most famous work
the conduct of the understandinf
what was the eighteenth century known as
the age of reason
religion of reason
deism
define deism
an impersonal God, who, after creating the world, left it to run by natural laws and left man to take care of himself by using his intellect
what was the first half of the eighteenth century known as
the age of pope (alexander pope)
what was the second half of the eighteenth century known as
age of johnson (samuel johnson)
the eighteenth century became known as an age of _____ and _______
prose, and satire
the most prominent prose satirist of the time
Johnathan Swift
the two greatest literary contributions
journalism and the novel
the most enduring popular genre of modern time
the novel
characterized by a positive attitude toward life
lyrical poetry
Who wrote “A song for St. Cecilia’s Day, 1687”
John Dryden
one of the most formal and most complex types of lyrical poetry
ode
onomatopoeia
words which sound like what they mean
who wrote “An Essay on Man’
Alexander pope
treats God only as an impersonal creator and emphasizes man’s reason over God’s revealed word
An Essay on Man
“Say first, Of God above or Man below, What can we reason but from what we know?”
An Essay on Man
Who wrote “On a Certain Lady at Court”
Alexander Pope
Leading writer after John Dryden and virtually the only poet of the early eighteenth century
Alexander pope
