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32 Cards in this Set
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When was the restoration period?
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1660- 1800
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"Augustan"
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Magnificant,grand, exalted, restored order: stuart monarchs restored to the throne
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Charles II
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Anglican but raised in catholic france
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What did charles II outlaw?
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puritans, dissenters, and quakers.
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T or F: Charles II died without a legit heir to the throne.
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True
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James II
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Openly catholic which aroused intense opposition amoung british population and led to the gunpowder plot
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When was the glorious revolution arranges?
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1688
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Who took over after the glorious revolution?
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Mary (james daughter) and her husband will of orange
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Who was will of orange?
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mary's husband, dutch protestant
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who took over after mary and will died without children?
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anne, james younger daughter, but she also died w/o children
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Who took over the throne after anne?
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George of Germany
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Who succeed george I the german cousin?
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George II, and III who lost the colonies.
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What was augustan literature written for?
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public purposes
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Elegy?
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says the best about a person.
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satire?
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says the worst about people
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neoclassical literature?
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new classics, modeled on latin classics, represented what was permanent and universal.
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age of reason or enlightenment
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people stopped askign why and started asking how
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What ways fif the royal society of london change prose?
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1. emphasis on precise and exact writing
2. few meta[hprs or allusion 3. shortened sentence length |
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Major writers who were angelicans who wrote prose
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Jonathan Swift
samuel johnson |
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major writers who were catholics and wrote poetry
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john dryden
alexander pope |
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Major writers who were puritans and wrote prose
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john buxan and daniel dafoe
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age of dryden plays reflect
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lives of rich lesure class
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T or F women were not allowed in play
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False
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plays were ______, and______
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clever, and frank
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dialogue was _______and ______
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worldlu amd urbane
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In the age of pope and swift (1700-1745) how did they criticise society?
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used irony and satire
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alexander pope mastered the _______ ________
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heroic couplet
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Jonathan swift exposed
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the mean side sordid side of human behavior
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Daniel Dafoe stood for what and was famous for what?
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thrift, prudence,industry, and respectability
famous for robinson crusoe and moll flanders |
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5 types of augustan poetry
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1. elegy
2.satire 3.epic 4.ode 5. inverted poems |
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what was the primary writing style in the age of johnson (1750-1800)
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prose
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What was samuel johnson best know for?
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dictionary of english language
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