THE AUGUSTAN AGE
A golden age
18th century in England
political stability and flourishing of the arts
opmitimistic view of the natural world
The society of that time
new interest for reason and cultural debate: coffee houses
Literature
rise of the novel
its message: sense of reward and punishment
people wanted to read about ordinary people of their time
many types of novel: realistic, utopian, epistolary, picaresque, psychological
examples: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift