Augustan Literature

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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Movements, styles and periods (literature)

Dates

Date of occurrence 1710-1750

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United Kingdom (Location)

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The literature of the early eighteenth-century—especially that of Pope, Swift, Addison and Steele—which looked back to the Rome of Caesar Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) as a golden age. This was the period when Ovid, Horace, and Virgil wrote their greatest works using the ode, the satire and the epic and the eclogue. See also our entry on “Heroic Couplet” and for full consideration of the movement see our entry on “Neoclassicism”.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Augustan Literature". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=79, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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