EXAM - English literature 2
and booksellers, told in the form of a celebration of the progress of an empire, that of Dullness.
Commonplace subjects are described in elevated, heroic style of classical epic. By parody and deliberate
misuse of heroic language, emphasises triviality of subject. Moral Essays, Epistle to Augustus, The
Epilogue to the Satires, Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot
John Dryden: satires good-tempered, smth devastating scorn, has genius for verse rhytm, exceptional
expressiveness of language. MacFlecknoe, Absalom and Achitophel, The Medal.
Johnson: London, TheVanity of Human Wishes.
23. Augustan reflective and nature poetry (Winchilsea, Thomson, Denham, Dyer, Akenside,
Pomfret, Pope)
Especially first half of the 18th C.
Presented idealized rural idyll as an aid to reflection, philosophical meditation and personal introspection.
Influence from Horace (treated themes that are stock for reflections for the ordinary man, delicacy of
language and clarity of definition)
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