18th Literature

        The 18th century is a period of great literary works. The styles are different throughout the period, but the unity of the work is still present. Much of this period focused on public and general themes, until the Pre-Romantic era when literary works began to focus upon personal expression. 18th century literature can be broken down into three main parts: the Restoration, the Age of Pope, and Pre-Romantics.         The literature of the Restoration period covers …

…was the beginning of the Romantic Period.         The 18th century was known as the Restoration Period. The people of this period sought unity and stability in everything. The people wanted to unify and stablize life, government, and even maybe their literature. 18th century was filled with many different types of devices and styles of literature. The three major literary periods of this era were the Restoration, the Age of the Pope, and the Pre Romanitics.