17th century period

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17 th Century Literature

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17th Century Literature

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John Milton, Bunyan, Dryden

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Traits of the period

the Restoration separated the personal in come of the king from the public revenue of the kingdom which had hitherto been identified with it

Puritanism as a force in literature gave to the world of its best in Milton and Bunyan. Paganism achieved nothing higher than the dainty lyrics of Herrick and the brilliant depravity of the Restoration comedy. 

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Traits of the period

The reign of King Charles I, the Civil War, and the rule of the Commonwealth were not favorable to literary production.

The age was materialist and cynical Its tragedy was insincere, stilted, and

unconvincing. Its comedy was brilliant, but it was not merely non-moral and irresponsible

There were discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton in the field of physics.