Neo Classical Age
* History of Neo-Classical Age:-
1. The Age of Neo-Classical in English Literature.
2. Neo-Classical can be divided into three parts.
3. Characteristic of the Neo-Classical Age.
4. Poetry.
5. Court Poets.
6. Satiric Poets.
7. Some poets of Neo-classical Age, -Mathew Prior -Alexander Pope -James Thomson -Edward Young -William Collins -Thomas Gray -Robert Burns -John Dryden -William Cowper -William Blake
The Age of Neo-Classism in English literature:-
In English literature the period from the latter half of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century is called the period of Neo-classical. The writer of Elizabethan Age had no respect for the rules, they gave free play to their imagination and depicted what pleased them. In the writers of the genius it was all right, but in the less gifted it degenerated into dicence. A natural reaction against this tendency is seen in the metaphysical poets. They were against Elizabethan writers, and developed their own system of writing poetry. Their method of verification was also not easy and graceful, it was difficult and complicated. Reading poetry became a job and not an entertainment. Both these type of poets, the Elizabethan and the metaphysical, helped in the evolution of Neo-Classism sin England.
Politically the most important factor responsible for this change was the influence of France an English manner and life. King Charls -2 was restored to monarchy in England in May, 1660. He had lived in exile in France for a long time, and there for, when he come to England, brought with him a love of French manners, ways, elegance and artistic taste. France, during the latter half of the 17th century, under King Louis xiv, was a model of manners, morals, elegance, and literary taste for Europe. Louis xiv took a keen interest in literature and
1. The Age of Neo-Classical in English Literature.
2. Neo-Classical can be divided into three parts.
3. Characteristic of the Neo-Classical Age.
4. Poetry.
5. Court Poets.
6. Satiric Poets.
7. Some poets of Neo-classical Age, -Mathew Prior -Alexander Pope -James Thomson -Edward Young -William Collins -Thomas Gray -Robert Burns -John Dryden -William Cowper -William Blake
The Age of Neo-Classism in English literature:-
In English literature the period from the latter half of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century is called the period of Neo-classical. The writer of Elizabethan Age had no respect for the rules, they gave free play to their imagination and depicted what pleased them. In the writers of the genius it was all right, but in the less gifted it degenerated into dicence. A natural reaction against this tendency is seen in the metaphysical poets. They were against Elizabethan writers, and developed their own system of writing poetry. Their method of verification was also not easy and graceful, it was difficult and complicated. Reading poetry became a job and not an entertainment. Both these type of poets, the Elizabethan and the metaphysical, helped in the evolution of Neo-Classism sin England.
Politically the most important factor responsible for this change was the influence of France an English manner and life. King Charls -2 was restored to monarchy in England in May, 1660. He had lived in exile in France for a long time, and there for, when he come to England, brought with him a love of French manners, ways, elegance and artistic taste. France, during the latter half of the 17th century, under King Louis xiv, was a model of manners, morals, elegance, and literary taste for Europe. Louis xiv took a keen interest in literature and