the augustan age
what is the augustan age
intellectual and culture movement
reason over supertition
science aver blind faith
age of neoclassicism/ reason
self conscious
Who is Alexander POPE
satirist (humour, irony, exageration) and poet
Pastrais (1711)
Essay on Criticism (1711)
The Rape of the Lock (1714)
Johathan Swift (1667-1745)
criticized the english society, satire
deep ironic style
"A modern proposal", canibalism and irish famine
"A tale of a table", provocating, irony
"Alison and steve" 1726, show th children
"Gulliver's travel" imaginary travel, critics on vanity, pride, evil of the society, no faith in humanity
Daniel Dafoe -1660-1731
Politician, rebel, non-conformist, sent to jail, founded a rewiew
"The review" show his opinion on his time
"the shortest way with the Dissenters", show other ideas than the church
"the journal of the plague year" a documentary on what happend during the plague in Britain
"Moll flanders" women are bad, moralities of his time
"Roxana"
"the spectator" change manners, idea, tolerence, denounce the fantalism
"robinson crusoe" fist english novel, very popular
Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)
Epistolian ( une suite de lettre) novels, philosopher, pro printer
always moral lesson in the end, educate woman with his novel
"Pamela" or " Virtive reworded" virtue of women, resist a group of men because of her honnour
"Clarrissa" avoid marriage, girl end up in shame, describe philosophie of character
Henry Fielding (1707 -1754)
Critic about Ridcharson and his moral lesson
"Shamela" parodice of Pamela, anonimously published, satire
"Joseph andrew" 1742, reaction to pamela, ironi and social critism
"tom johns" long comic novel, parody of epic novel
Joseph addisson and richard steel
create a daily journal (1711 - 1712)
"spectator"