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2. The Augustan Age — When Reason Ruled the Rhyme

How Pope, Swift, and their circle forged an empire of order, satire, and style. From The Professor’s Desk The Restoration had crowned wit as king, but even the cleverest jest must give way to a deeper need for order and truth. As England moved into the early 18th century, the nation craved not just entertainment, […]

1. The Neoclassical Age — The Tyranny of Wit and the Triumph of Form

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When poetry abandoned the heart for the head, and drama bowed before decorum. From The Professor’s Desk The theatres had reopened, the crowds had returned, and London once again hummed with song and laughter. Yet beneath this glittering surface, English literature had changed irreversibly. The Puritan age had stripped poetry of its excesses, taught writers

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