Augustan literature

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British literature movement literary period

Augustan literature is a period of early 18th-century British writing characterized by satirical, neoclassical works that emphasized reason, order, and social commentary.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Augustan literary circle	1
Augustan poetry	1
English Augustan poetry	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British literature movement ⓘ literary period ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime	circa 1745 ⓘ
field	English literature ⓘ
followedBy	Pre-Romantic literature ⓘ Romantic literature ⓘ
follows	Restoration drama ⓘ Restoration theatre ⓘ surface form: Restoration literature
genre	drama ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	classical allusions ⓘ emphasis on order ⓘ emphasis on reason ⓘ literary criticism and theory ⓘ moral didacticism ⓘ neoclassicism ⓘ polished heroic couplets ⓘ political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ social commentary ⓘ urban themes ⓘ
hasTheme	corruption in politics ⓘ human folly ⓘ reason versus passion ⓘ social pretension ⓘ
inception	early 18th century ⓘ
influenced	Romanticism ⓘ surface form: English Romanticism later satirical traditions ⓘ
influencedBy	Horace ⓘ Juvenal ⓘ Virgil ⓘ classical Roman literature ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	mock-epic ⓘ periodical essay ⓘ realistic novel ⓘ
mainLocation	England ⓘ
namedAfter	Augustan age ⓘ surface form: Augustan Age of ancient Rome
notableAuthor	Alexander Pope ⓘ Daniel Defoe ⓘ Eliza Haywood ⓘ Henry Fielding ⓘ John Gay ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ Joseph Addison ⓘ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ⓘ Richard Steele ⓘ Samuel Johnson ⓘ
notableWork	A Modest Proposal ⓘ Gulliver's Travels ⓘ Joseph Andrews ⓘ Moll Flanders ⓘ Robinson Crusoe ⓘ The Beggar's Opera ⓘ The Dunciad ⓘ The Rape of the Lock ⓘ The Spectator ⓘ Tom Jones ⓘ
partOf	18th-century literature ⓘ
startTime	circa 1700 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fables → literaryMovement → Augustan literature ⓘ

Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes → literaryMovement → Augustan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Augustan poetry

Polly Peachum → literaryMovement → Augustan literature ⓘ

Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → literaryPeriod → Augustan literature ⓘ

Alexander Pope → movement → Augustan literature ⓘ

John Gay → movement → Augustan literature ⓘ

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby → movement → Augustan literature ⓘ

Jonathan Swift → movement → Augustan literature ⓘ

Polly → movement → Augustan literature ⓘ

The Shepherd's Week → partOf → Augustan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Augustan poetry

Duchess of Queensberry → socialCircle → Augustan literature ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry

this entity surface form: Augustan literary circle