英国文学Chapter 4 Eighteenth Century English Literature.pptVIP

Chapter 4 Eighteenth Century English Literature Joyce CONTENTS Introduction to Neoclassicism Background Features Representatives Background Time Span: 1660-1798 Social Turbulence Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 the Great Plague of 1665, 70,000 died in London the Great London Fire, 2/3 homeless the Glorious Revolution in 1689 constant strife in politics: the monarch and the parliament; the Tories and the Whigs - over the control of the parliament and government, between opposing religious sects such as the Roman Catholicism, the Anglican Church and the Dissenters, between the ruling