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Literary Background
Prosa di Restauro
one of the mainvehicles for developing the cultural and political debate of the age
Philosophers:
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Thomas Hobbes (1558-1679, John Locke (1632-1704) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
Hobbes’ Leviathan
Samuel Pepys’ (1633-1703) diary
Phase of literature and restoration
Main themes
Love
Religion
Jonh Donne
most famous among the English Metaphysical poets
his main themes
love
the relationship between man and God
Charles II returned to England
a new chapter of peace and freedomwas inaugurated
reopening of theatres
new dramatic genre
Comedy of Manners
two main themes
Love and Marriage
Puritan Phase
Poets
Puritan Poets
Metaphisical Poets
Cavalier Poets
Milton
the best exponent of the poetic production of the 17th century
Paradise Lost (1667)
Restoration comedies put the world of English aristocracy under the lens of bitter criticism.
The greatest authors are
George Etherege (1635-1691), William Wycherley (1640-1716), and William Congreve (1670-1729), whose The Way of the World(1700)
By Vito Ferrara Mazzucco Gabriele Aleandri