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| <big>'''Restoration Literature'''</big>
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| Restoration Literature is an epoch of literature written during the period of the English Restoration (1660-1689). The English monarchy was restored in 1660 under Charles II. However, not everyone supported this restoration of the monarchy and some people opposed it. A split between royalists and republicans emerged. These divisions and opinions are reflected in the literature and its characteristics.
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| Themes such as religion and faith (conflicts between Catholicism and Protestantism), criticism of the times, criticism and counter-criticism of royalists and republicans, politics, social life, humanity and its weaknesses, science and modernisation comprise Restoration Literature.
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| Restoration Literature turned away from the artistic and anthropocentric features of the Renaissance. It reflects social behaviours of the time. Other characteristics of Restoration Literature are:
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| * Moral indifference
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| * Revival of neo-classical Roman and Greek writing styles (epic and lyric poetry and drama, comedy, tragedy)
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| * Reference to the Bible
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| * Satire
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| * Justification of monarchy or republic as a theme
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| * Restoration of the monarchy
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| * Rejection of Puritanism
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| * Revival of theatre and French literature.
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| Satire in particular became the “medium of serious and open protest against real or supposed erroneous developments in politics and society“ (Fabian, Bernhard and Weiß 91).
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| Well-known writers of the Restoration are Edward Hyde, John Dryden, Andrew Marvell, John Wilmot, Samuel Pepys, Aphra Behn, John Bunyan and Richard Baxter. Important works from the period are:
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| * “The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England“ by Edward Hyde.
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| * “Pilgram's Progress“ by John Bunyan
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| * “The Diary of Samuel Pepys“ by Samuel Pepys.
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| Fabian, Bernhard, and Wolfgang Weiß. “Die Englische Literatur.” Open Access LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 1 Jan. 1991, https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5298/.
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| Harol, Corrinne. “1688: Literature, Politics, and the Long Restoration.” Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2015, pp. 5–16. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43664701. Accessed 10 Jan. 2023.
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| The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Restoration Literature.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/Restoration-literature.
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All literary texts published between 1660 (natch) and 1685 (death of Charles II), or 1689 ("Glorious" Revolution), or 1700 (the death of John Dryden and the end of the century), or 1714 (the death of the last Stuart). Mostly harmless.