Enlightenment literature

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historical period in literature literary movement

Enlightenment literature is a body of 17th- and 18th-century writing characterized by reason, satire, and criticism of social and political institutions, produced by thinkers such as Voltaire, Swift, and Diderot.

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Enlightenment French literature 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period in literature ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
associatedWithConcept empiricism ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
progress ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
toleration ⓘ
geographicFocus American colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic advocacy of individual rights ⓘ
criticism of political institutions ⓘ
criticism of social institutions ⓘ
critique of religious dogma ⓘ
didactic purpose ⓘ
emphasis on reason ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ
promotion of scientific thinking ⓘ
secular orientation ⓘ
use of irony ⓘ
use of satire ⓘ
hasGenre drama ⓘ
essay ⓘ
pamphlet ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
hasKeyAuthor Alexander Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beaumarchais NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daniel Defoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denis Diderot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montesquieu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pierre Bayle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Paine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Voltaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyWork An Essay on Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Candide NERFINISHED ⓘ
Common Sense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Encyclopédie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gulliver's Travels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Letters Concerning the English Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nathan the Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Social Contract NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Spirit of the Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tristram Shandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMovement English Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
influenced Romantic literature ⓘ
human rights discourse ⓘ
modern political thought ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
the development of the novel ⓘ

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French literature → hasPeriod → Enlightenment literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enlightenment French literature
Rica → literaryMovement → Enlightenment literature ⓘ
Zachi → literaryMovementOfWork → Enlightenment literature ⓘ
Usbek → literaryPeriod → Enlightenment literature ⓘ
A Modest Proposal → movement → Enlightenment literature ⓘ
Baron de Wolmar → workIsInMovement → Enlightenment literature ⓘ