Talk:Restoration Literature

"The English monarchy was restored in 1660 under Charles II. However, not everyone supported this restoration of the monarchy and some people opposed it. A split between royalists and republicans emerged": this statement conflates the English Civil War with the Restoration Period. Should definitely not happen at the end of the semester.

"Themes such as religion and faith (conflicts between Catholicism and Protestantism), criticism of the times, criticism and counter-criticism of royalists and republicans, politics, social life, humanity and its weaknesses, science and modernisation comprise Restoration Literature" truisms. Literature always deals with problems and anxieties of its times.

"Restoration Literature turned away from the artistic and anthropocentric features of the Renaissance": what is this supposed to mean? If you take the Restoration period as part of early Enlightenment, things got even more anthropocentric (think of Hobbes and Locke. Think of the Restoration rake). There was no clear break with Renaissance literature. On the contrary: Shakespeare and Ben Jonson were still celebrated as dramatists. Okay, the sonnet disappeared. What else to substantiate the claim?