Introduction To Restoration Prose (17th Century) The Restoration period was deficient in poetry and drama, but in prose it holds its head much higher. During the Restoration period that English prose was developed as a medium for expressing clearly and precisely average ideas and feelings about miscellaneous matters for which prose is really meant. The…
Introduction To Restoration Drama (17th Century) The Drama in England after 1660, called the Restoration Drama, showed entirely new trends on account of the long break with the past because in 1642 the theatres were closed by the authority of the parliament which was dominated by Puritans and so no good plays were written from…
Introduction To Restoration Poetry (17th Century) The Restoration Poetry was mostly satirical, realistic, and written in the heroic couplet, of which John Dryden was the supreme master. He was the dominating figure of the Restoration period, and he made his mark in the fields of poetry, drama and prose. The poetry of John Dryden possesses…
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…
