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15 Cards in this Set
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John Dryden
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The Restoration and the Eighteenth century satirist. Samuel Johnson called him "the father of English |
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Mac Flecknoe
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Mock Heroic Epic Perfected the Couplet "All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey" Dryden and Shadwell were arguing publicly so Dryden wrote this as his final "mic drop" |
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William Congreve
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18th Century Play writer Witty |
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They Way of the World
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The wittiest play ever written A Restoration comedy "Struggle for power, sex, and money and end with a marriage." Plot: Mirabell is in love with Ms. Millamant and they must trick her aunt Lady Wishforit to allow her to keep her inheritance and marry Mirabell. Villains are Mrs. Marwood and Fainall |
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Jonathan Swift
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Guillever's Travels Clergymen Anglican Church Irish Hero Satirical Hated Humanity, believed we were naturally evil |
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Guillever's Travels
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Satire |
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Addison and Steele
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Alexander Pope |
Was extremely bitter Helped Milton translate his work Catholic and could not get a degree Had a ton of medical problems Could write in a bunch of different styles |
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The Rape of the Lock |
Written by Alexander Pope Best example in English of the Mock Heroic Epic Perfected the couplet A true story of a rival catholic family who the man cut the girls hair Has the "machine" in it which is magical creatures ie, sylph Belinda is the heroine |
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John Locke |
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David Hume |
18th Century Of the Liberty of the Press A Scottish Philosopher |
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Edmund Burke
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18th Century Political Analysis |
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Samuel Johnson
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Olaudah Equiano |
18th Century Equiano: The Interesting Narrative Slave who bought his freedom Abolitionist RICH |
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Equiano: The Interesting Narrative
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Best evidence against slavery Subscribers to the book were famous abolitionists Explains the middle passage, conversion to Christianity, and buying one's freedom |
