The document provides an overview of the Neoclassical age as detailed in Edward Albert's history. It highlights the era's focus on reason and human nature, the influence of deism, and literary characteristics marked by order and structure. Notable periods within this age include the Restoration and Augustan periods, and it outlines key writers and their contributions to literature during this time.

1. Baraiya Priyanka. J
 Topic:- An Overview of the
neoclassical age from the history of
Edward Albert.
 Paper No.2,
 Unit No.5
 Roll No.28
 Enrollmentno:-2069108420170002
 Sem:- 1
 M.A Department of English.M.K.B.U

2. NEOCLASSICAL
“neo” (new) + classical
“period of Enlightenment”
“age of reason”
“era of logic”
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3.  Literature of the age is concerned with “nature “ human
nature, Supremacy of reason.
 The age is known as classical age.
 The period is marked by the rise of Deism,
intellectual backlash against earlier Puritanism and
American’s revolution against England.
 Neoclassical literature is characterized by order,
accuracy, and structure

4. The Era Of
Johnson
The
Augustan
Period
The
Restoration
Period
Neoclassical
Period

5. The Restoration period marks the British king’s restoration
to the throne after a long period of Puritan domination in
England. Its symptoms include the dominance of French
and Classical influences on poetry and drama.
Restoration literature continued to appeal to heroic ideals
of love and honor, particularly on stage, in heroic tragedy.
Famous
Writers
Famous
Compositions
John Dryden All Love By John Dryden
John Milton Prologue and Epilogue
Sir William Temple
John Locke

6. The Augustan Period is called Augustan because King
George 1 wanted people to think he has like. This
period is marked by the imitation of Virgil and Horace’s
literature in English letters.
 Famous Writers And Composition
 Alexander Pope
 Jonathan Swift Gilliver’s
Travel
Josheph Addision

7. The Era of Johnson
This period marks the transition toward the upcoming
Romanticism through the period is still largely
Neoclassical. Much was happening around the world
politically, such as both the American and French
Revolutions. This time marked a transition in English
literature from the structure and formality of the
Neoclassical writers to the emotional, ungoverned
writings of the Romantics.
 Famous Writers Famous
Composition
 Samuel Johnson Lives Of poet
 Edward Gibbon
 George Crabbe

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