Augustan literature
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title:
Augustan literature
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Augustan literature is a style of British literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II in the first half of the 18th century and ending in the 1740s, with the deaths of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, in 1744 and 1745, respectively. It was a literary epoch that featured the rapid development of the novel, an explosion in satire, the mutation of drama from political satire into melodrama and an evolution toward poetry of personal exploration. In philosophy,
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Style of British literature
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustan_literature
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2005-06-11T13:28:41Z
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2024-09-06T17:53:44Z
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