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RESTORATION
POETRY
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period of innovation of classical simplicity
order and clarity as a result of the exercise of reason
the real world, social events,its ethics and ideals became the main object of interest
satiric spirit
study and translation of classical writers like Horace, Martial and Juvenal
John Dryden was the main poet
PROSE
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rationalist philosophers
John Locke
: Essay Concerning Human Understanding
individual experience, which could be achieved through the senses
Thomas Hobbes
: absolute monarchy in Leviathan
individual selfishness had to be controlled by public force
Isaac Newton
: Philosophiae Nauralis Principia Matematica
scientific attitude in self-confidence in human progress, free from fear and superstition
The Royal Society
: to record the experiments in
English
rather than in Latin
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DRAMA
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the Stuart reaction against Puritan morals, which had led to the closing down of the theatres
theatre was made legal again in 1660
changes in the style of plays, acting and the type of audience
roofted and
artificially lit
with candles
footlights,
a drop curtain and painted movable scenery at the back
the audience sat in the dark in galleries, on benches and boxes in the pit
the prices were mainly expensive
actresses playing female roles and actors were tied to the theatre by contract
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ELIZABETHAN THEATRES
were circular or ocatagonal
within the outer walls there were three tiers of roofted galleries, and
the yard/pit where the poorer stood
the stage (the apron stage) and the players were surrounded on three sides
behind the stage there was an inner stage, concealed by a curtain when not in use
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THE COMEDY OF MANNERS
excited laughter by
making fun of the manners and of the highly sophisticated society
characters were types
: the "fop" elagant, witty and cynical, the "gallant fortunate lover"
the
heroine
was witty and
more interested in fashion than in morals
plot: clever handling of situation but less important than atmosphere, dialogue and satire
the use of
prose dialogue increased realism
theme of marriage
: devoid any feelings, but mainly linked to sex and money
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