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The Enlightenment Period: The Age of Reason
An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope. The poem was published in 1711. The work is a critic on whether poetry should be natural or written with the classical rules. -
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Literary Movements
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Romanticism: 1800-1850's
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Published in 1813, this is a book about manners, morality, education and marriage in society in early 19th century England. -
Realism
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. First published in 1846, the novel presents the life of the lower class and the social hierarchy, which follows the themes of literary naturalism. -
The Young German Literary Movement
The Hessian Courier by Georg Buchner was published in 1834. The piece is an emotional appeal to the people of Germanu to fight for their rights and freedom. -
Science Fiction
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The novel was published in 1818 and was one of the first novels to start off the "Science Fiction" literary movement that boomed in the 20th century. -
Modernism
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. The novella was first published in 1915 by Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig in german.
