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Literary background - Coggle Diagram
Literary background
Poetry (Cavalier, Puritan)
Drama (reopening of theatres, main themes of Restoration comedies)
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The jounalism
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Their style 🡺 simple, lively
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The novel
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Narration was in the first person and all the characters were given names to reinforce the impression of realism
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One of the most important poet in the puritan age was John Milton, his most important poem Paradise Lost.
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THE MAIN THEMES
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Use of wit or verbal inventiveness and the masterpiece
of this genre is William Congreve's The way of The World
The Cavalier poet were a group of minor English poets associated with Charles I and his son.
They wrote aboaut courtly themes of beauty love and loyalty.