Category: 17th Century Literature

MCQs on Puritan Age (The Age of Milton) - [1600-1660]

The Puritan Age (The Age of Milton) in English Literature (1600-1660) The literature of the 17th Century may be divided into two periods. The first period started from (1600-1660) is called The Puritan Age or the Age of Milton, further divided into the Jacobean and Caroline periods after the rulers James I and Charles I, respectively. Puritanism dominated the seventeenth Century up to 1660, and it…

MCQs on Restoration Period Quiz

Introduction To The Restoration Period (17th Century) The Literature of the 17th Century may be divided into two periods, The Puritan Age or The Age of Milton (1600-1660), and The Restoration Period or the Age of Dryden (1660-1700). In English Literature the period from (1660 to 1700) is called the Restoration Period, because monarchy was…

MCQs on Jacobean and Caroline Drama Features and Characteristics 2021

Introduction To Jacobean and Caroline Drama (17th Century) After Shakespeare, the drama in England suffered a decline during the reigns of James-I and Charles-I Shakespeare and other Elizabethan dramatists took delight in action and the emotions associated with it. The Jacobean and Caroline dramatists gave expression to passive suffering and lack of mental and physical…