Restoration Satire - Professor Taylor Cowdery PDF

Title	Restoration Satire - Professor Taylor Cowdery
Course	British Literature, Medieval To 18Th Century
Institution	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Restoration Satire I.

Satire and the Restoration A.

The Restoration 1. April 23, 161: Charles II is crowned King of England 2. Early 1660s: opponents of Charles are pushed out of political office 3. 1673: The Test Act which limits political office to Anglicans, is passed 4. 1670s: New political parties Whigs and Tories, spring up

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Two traits of Satire 1. “Decorum”: The accurate description of things according to their proper station I art and culture “High” or lofty topics, for instance, require a high” or elevated style 2. Equality: The treatment of all things no matter their superficial differences, as fundamentally the same, both kings and petty criminals for instance, are thieves.

II.

Dullness and Wit in Dryden A.

John Dryden 1. Born 19 August 1631, died 12 May 1700 2. Member of a prominent Puritan family who supported the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War (i.e. Cromwell) 3. Studied at the Westminster School(1644-50) and Cambridge (1650-54) 4. Switches sides to the royalist when Restoration occurred 5. Wrote for theatre and publication during 1660s; poet laureate in 1668 6. Known for satire: Mac Flecknoe

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