The Restoration Eighteenth Century 1660 1800 Literary Events

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The Restoration & Eighteenth Century 1660 - 1800

The Restoration & Eighteenth Century 1660 - 1800

Literary Events • 1726 Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver’s Travels • 1740 Samuel Richardson publishes

Literary Events • 1726 Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver’s Travels • 1740 Samuel Richardson publishes Pamela: Virtue Rewarded • 1755 Samuel Johnson publishes the Dictionary of the English Language • 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Political Events • • • 1688 -1689 Glorious 1660 Charles II returned Revolution puts

Political Events • • • 1688 -1689 Glorious 1660 Charles II returned Revolution puts to throne William & Mary on 1665 Plague kills the throne 68, 000 in London • 1707 England, Wales & Scotland are joined 1666 Great Fire of as Great Britain London • 1714 George I from 1687 James II tries to Germany becomes restore Catholic church King of Englandin England can’t speak English

1715 + • 1718 Introduction of small pox vaccine • 1760 George III crowned,

1715 + • 1718 Introduction of small pox vaccine • 1760 George III crowned, lost the Revolutionary War • 1776 Revolution • 1789 French Revolution • 1799 Rosetta Stone found in Egypt

Augustan & Neoclassical • Similarities between England of this period ancient Rome – Like

Augustan & Neoclassical • Similarities between England of this period ancient Rome – Like Octavian brought peace after Caesar’s death, Charles II brought peace after civil war – Writers based works on Latin classics writing neoclassics – English were tired of war and revolutionaries • Dug up Cromwell’s body and beheaded it as a warning • Monarchy restored without bloodshed

Reasoning & Enlightenment • How questions took the place of why – Halley predicted

Reasoning & Enlightenment • How questions took the place of why – Halley predicted his comet – Deism questioned the nature of the universe • Does nature react at random? • Does nature have a pattern? • Did God put the world in place and leave it?

Bloodless Revolution • James II, a Catholic, took throne at the death of Charles

Bloodless Revolution • James II, a Catholic, took throne at the death of Charles II • Catholics believed to have started London fire & to be plotting government overthrow • When James had a son, Parliament gave power to James’ daughter Mary, wife of William, Prince of Orange, a protestant • This fight over religion still fought in Northern Ireland

Writing of the Age • Satire-Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift • Journalism-Daniel Defoe •

Writing of the Age • Satire-Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift • Journalism-Daniel Defoe • Poetry – Elegy-poem celebrating the best of someone usually dead – Ode-poem expressing public emotion

The First Novels • Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe • Henry Fielding. Tom Jones •

The First Novels • Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe • Henry Fielding. Tom Jones • Samuel Richardson – Pamela & Clarissa

The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

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