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Principle Prose writer of the early 18th century
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Jonathan Swift
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Anglo - Irishman
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Jonathan Swift
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Ordained as a priest in the Church of Ireland
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Jonathan Swift
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Fated in ireland, assigned to parishes in the Irish countryside
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Jonathan Swift
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Aim in writing was to improve human conduct, to make people more decent and humane
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Jonathan Swift
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Wrote: Gulliver's Travels & A Modest Proposal
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Jonathan Swift
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Kept a secret diary that was published long after his death, made him very famous
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Samuel Pepys
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provided through his diaries 1st hand account of major political and social actions
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Samuel Pepys
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Perhaps the best lyric poet of the mid-eighteen century
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Thomas Gray
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Pre-romantic poet
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Thomas Gray
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prophet to the romantic period of the 18th century
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Thomas Gray
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wrote Gulliver's Travels & A Modest Proposal
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Jonathan Swift
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wrote The Rape of the Lock
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Alexander Pope
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wrote The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Samuel Pepys
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Works classified in 4 groups:
1) a large number with political and religious controversies 2) taught group of writings advises people on how to become virtuous as well as rich 3) journalistic accounts of sensational events 4) novels |
Daniel Defoe
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believe literature should be informative
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Daniel Defoe
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worte: A Journal of the Palgue Year
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Daniel Defoe
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wrote the first dictionary
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Samuel Johnson
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a Scotlander
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James Boswell
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studied under Samuel Johnson and wrote a biography on him
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James Boswell
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