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This is an historical context for the Restoration and Eighteenth Century period in England. It provides a list of dates and titles for sections of the period and discusses the authors and characteristics of each. It provides links to "A Day in the Life of Eighteenth Century London" and "New Worlds," which shows the influence of science in the period.
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reason and scientific inquiry, the heroic couplet, 1660-1700 : the restoration, 1660-1789: the enlightenment (or the age or reason), 1660-1789: the neoclassical period, 1700-1745 : the augustan age (or age of pope), 1745-1785 : the age of sensibility (or age of johnson), georgia virtual learning, historical contexts, isaac newton's "principia mathematica", rene descartes' "discourse on the method", restoration and eighteenth century, restoration/18th century british authors and their works
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)