János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900

The Literature of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

The second half of the eighteenth century is sometimes also referred to as the Age of Johnson, after Samuel Johnson, the greatest literary figure of the period. Although Johnson himself clearly represents a continuation of the thought and ideology of the Tory satirists of the Age of Pope, adopting their pessimism about human nature, endorsing their belief in the “middle way”, and championing the neo-classical aesthetic attitude, it is clear both from Johnson’s own work and from the other important literary products of the age that the context and position of this ideology and attitude had fundamentally changed by Johnson’s time.

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

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A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

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