The Enlightenment
3 important questions on The Enlightenment
Who was alexander Pope(1688-1744)
Grew to 1,4meters. . Heavily influenced by classical writers in content and style. Was one of the first to use Heroic Couplet ((in verse) a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters.
The Rape of the Lock, 1714, a burlesque on the beau monde of London.
The Rape of the Lock, 1714, a burlesque on the beau monde of London.
Who was Daniel Defoe ( 1660-1731)
- Adventurous life, produced and traded in stockings, acted as a secret agent for several ministers, speculated in land, repeatedly declared bankrupt and jailed as debtor.
- Robinson Crusoe, 1719. Novel was very popular. Story of a young sailor who is shipwrecked. Detailed description of harsh life, physically and emotionally, unusual in that time.
- Robinson Crusoe, 1719. Novel was very popular. Story of a young sailor who is shipwrecked. Detailed description of harsh life, physically and emotionally, unusual in that time.
Who was Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Gulliver’s Travels, 1726. Sarcastic and sometimes bitter attack on contemporary English society. (Gothic Novel)
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