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theme: restoration in english literature contents introduction chapter i. the restoration literature 1.1. restoration and eighteenth-century drama 1.2. characteristics of restoration period chapter 2. restoration british literature: major writers of the restoration 2.1. is there such a thing as restoration literature? 2.2. restoration literature in england conclusion the list of literature introduction seventeenth-century religious figures came to write numerous autobiographies. of the many texts like this printed in england, john bunyan's own account of his quest for certainty of his salvation, grace abounding to the chief of sinners, was one of the most influential. it came, in time, not only to inspire other religious writers, but novelists like daniel defoe and samuel richardson who treated far more secular themes. written in the first person, it is a tempestuous document, filled with many twists and turns, as bunyan alternately received some assurance and consolation, and then would be cast down with …

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ves and autobiographies that appeared in the period were religious in nature. diary writing generally was a popular pastime, and not every journal that was kept at the time reveals a spiritual nature as tender as that of bunyan or fox. one of the most extraordinary of the england's diarists to record their life experiences at this time was samuel pepys (1633–1703), who kept daily records of the events of his life in restoration london during the 1660s. aptly described as one of the "best bedside" books in the english language, pepys' diary totals over six hefty volumes in its modern edition. it is never boring reading, filled as it is with recollections of the smallest details of living in a major european city at this pivotal point in history. pepys frequently records his distaste with the lax ethical standards evidenced by charles ii and his court, but he was …

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o followed. chapter i. the restoration literature released from prison under a general amnesty given by charles ii to religious dissenters in 1672, bunyan quickly became a popular preacher in bedford, where he was appointed pastor of the local non-conformist church. he was briefly imprisoned again in 1676 for six months, but in 1678 he published his pilgrim's progress, a work that became an immediate success. it was reprinted ten times in the decade following its first publication, and the work helped grant its author a national reputation. from this point forward he had many contacts throughout england, and he continued to be a successful author until his death in 1688. to modern readers, pilgrim's progress cannot but help to seem artificial and contrived, since allegory is a literary genre little used in contemporary times. yet for those who attempt to plumb the depths of bunyan's work, it can yield …

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it was not nearly as successful as its predecessor, although it does present a vivid portrayal of evil. in the later years of his life, the author continued to write, and a number of unpublished manuscripts were found in his possession at his death in 1688, a few months before the catholic king james ii was deposed. these were published posthumously in a folio edition in 1690, but the breadth and depth of bunyan's opus came to be overshadowed in the years that followed by his two chief masterworks, pilgrim's progress and grace abounding to the chief of sinners. 1.1. restoration and eighteenth-century drama the reestablishment of the monarchy that occurred in 1660 had profound implications for english literature. in the years following the execution of charles i many of the figures that had surrounded the royal court had been forced into exile or hiding, but with the restoration of …

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d been active in the early stuart period survived to write for the stage under charles ii. the great dramatists of the period—men like william davenant, john dryden, william congreve, sir john vanbrugh, and the woman aphra behn—now entertained london's aristocratic and wealthy merchant society with a steady stream of "comedy of manners," works that poked fun at the foibles and conventions of aristocratic society. many of the figures that wrote for the stage were also poets and authors of considerable merit, although since the late seventeenth century the reputation of the restoration stage for sexual license and ribaldry has tended to overshadow their non-dramatic writing. while poetry continued to be a popular genre, the later stuart period also saw the first emergence of a number of new genres that became even more important in the eighteenth century that followed. during the restoration period the first newspapers emerged in london …

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theme: restoration in english literature contents introduction chapter i. the restoration literature 1.1. restoration and eighteenth-century drama 1.2. characteristics of restoration period chapter 2. restoration british literature: major writers of the restoration 2.1. is there such a thing as restoration literature? 2.2. restoration literature in england conclusion the list of literature introduction seventeenth-century religious figures came to write numerous autobiographies. of the many texts like this printed in england, john bunyan's own account of his quest for certainty of his salvation, grace abounding to the chief of sinners, was one of the most influential. it came, in time, not only to inspire other religious writers, but novelists like daniel defoe and samuel richardson who tr...

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