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English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.
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Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
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Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
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The expiry of the Licensing Act in 1695 halted state censorship of the press. During the next 20 years there were to be 10 general elections. These two factors combined to produce an enormous growth in the publication of political literature.
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English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.
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Often referred to as Dr Johnson. English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.
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Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels
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English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. Inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination."
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Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.
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Influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens
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Coffee houses, private clubs where writers went to discuss...
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in the mid-1700s, writer John Newberry made children's literature a popular thing or a real thing that people took seriously.
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Influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens
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Originally titled The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale, though often abbreviated to Rasselas, is an apologue about happiness by Samuel Johnson.
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Age of reason : being an investigation of true and fabulous theology
The book was published in three parts in years 1794, 1795 and 1807. Fearing the spread of what they viewed as potentially revolutionary ideas, the British government prosecuted printers and booksellers who tried to publish and distribute it. -
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