ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the period of the Neoclassical Era, many literary poets and short story writers emerged to deliver their ideas, opinions, and perspectives on their society.

Detailed explanation-2: -History of the Augustan Age The period is also sometimes known as the Age of Reason and the age of Neoclassicism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first half of the 18th century, during which English poets such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift emulated Virgil, Ovid, and Horace-the great Latin poets of the reign of the Emperor Augustus (27 BCE to 14 CE).

Detailed explanation-4: -It was poet Oliver Goldsmith who first designated the early 18th century, as the Augustan Age. The age has also been called the Age of Pope. The Augustan age includes the age of Dryden and Pope. The restoration of Stuart monarchy in 1660 marked the beginning of the Augustan age.