The eighteenth century in English literature has been called
the Augustan Age, the Neoclassical Age. The term 'The Augustan Age' comes from
the self-conscious imitation of the original Augustan writers by many of the writers of the period. Anyone educated
in the eighteenth century would be familiar with the original texts, since
studying the classics was a central feature of the school curriculum. Wit and
intellectual conceits shaped the tone of much Augustan writing.
The major writers of the age were Pope and John Dryden in
poetry, and Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison in prose. Dryden forms the link
between Restoration and Augustan literature; although he wrote ribald comedies
in the Restoration vein, his verse satires were highly admired by the generation
of poets who followed him, and his writings on literature were very much in a
neoclassical spirit.
Augustan Age, one of the most illustrious periods in Latin
literary history, from approximately 43 bc to ad 18, it forms the Golden Age of
Latin literature. Marked by civil peace and prosperity, the age reached its
highest literary expression in poetry. During this period, there were
successive attempts to ‘fix’ the English language. It is to impose a Classical system of genres on English
literature.
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