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The writing was not very important, the poems and literary works are transmitted orally.
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English literature is seen as a literature that flourished being very distinguished
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The word Renaissance implies the rebirth of culture and learning.
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This era was the period of new ideas and new thinking.
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The two primary contribution of this age in English literature is the Revenge play and Metaphysical poetry.
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Some of the prominent writers of that era are George Herbert, Henry
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The age is named 'Puritan Age' because of the Puritan dominance in England for the first time. Furthermore, the greatest literary figures of that time were Puritans.
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Neo implies 'new' and classical denotes the 'Roman and Greek
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The Theatre closed down by the Puritans was restored. It was a period of many changes
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The Augustan age was a Roman Empire age. This is the age of material greed. This age is also known as classical age.
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Most of the literary works of this age talk about human feelings, classicism and Romantic revival.
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This period was mainly a reaction against the philosophy of Enlightenment period that dominated much of European Philosophy.
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The 19th-century literature is merged with three ages. They are: Romanticism, Victorian Age and Edwardian Age.
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The Victorian age was a time of great prosperity in the History of English Literature. Some of the most trending topics of that time are the democracy, feminism, unionization of workers, Marxism, socialism etc.
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This is a time of changes and technological advances.
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At this time women are not allowed to write freely, this is the reason for several texts in anonymous or with a pseudonym. Literature from various parts of the world started spreading.
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The contemporary era goes to this day in which literature from different parts of the world is found in addition to different themes.