London's Augustan Age 1603~1830 (architecture)

 

Augustan Age may refer to

• the period of Roman history when Augustus was the first emperor
• the period of Latin literature associated with the reign of Augustus: see Augustan literature (ancient Rome)
• the early 18th century in British culture, when writers and other intellectuals admired and emulated the original Augustan Age: see Augustan literature and Augustan poetry

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The Augustan Age was a period during the first half of the 18th century in England. Poets during this period created verse inspired by authors like Virgil and Ovid. The Augustan Age was also marked by the evolution of satirical verse, the development of the novel, and the use of melodrama over political satire.

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History of the Augustan Age

The period is also sometimes known as the Age of Reason and the age of Neoclassicism. It was marked by a new availability of books as prices fell and the trade of chapbooks and broadsheets. Periodicals were also a new development. They included The Gentleman’s Magazine and the London Magazine. Newspapers bloomed and spread throughout the country. Most of the authors during this period wrote distinctly political texts. Even those who wrote plays and poems were in some way politically active or funded by political sources. Authors also spent time writing essays criticizing other literary works, making understanding the ins and outs of some literary works difficult.