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(b) The Augustan Age (1702-1745):

This age is called Augustan Age because the writers of this period imitated the style and elegance of the writers who wrote in Italy during the reign of the Emperor Augustus. This span of time is also called The Age of Pope because Alexander Pope was the best exponent of imitating Augustan literature. The important events of the period are:

1. Scotland was annexed to England.
2. Jacobite Rising continued.
3. The first Cabinet of England was formed.
4. The first English daily newspaper, The Daily Courant, appeared in London in 1702.
5. People learned the art of living together.
6. A number of literary associations started. Of them the most famous was The Scriblerus Club. The other clubs of this period were Kit Cat Club and The Spectator Club.

Major Writers and Their Major Works:  1) Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Rape of the Lock, Dunciad, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, An Essay on Criticism.

2. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): The Battle of the Books, A Tale of  a Tub, Gulliver’s Travels.
3. Daniel Defoe (1659-1731): Robinson Crusoe.
4. Samuel Richardson (1689-1761): Pamela or Virtue Rewarded (1740), the first modern novel.
5. Henry Fielding (1707-54): Joseph Andrews.

Literary Features of the age:

The ideals of neoclassicism which originated in the previous age became obvious. Most of the writings of this age were satires in prose. The literature of the period suggests a political awareness of the people.

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