12. The period of Dryden is often called “the Age of Satire.” Account for the prominence of satire in this period, and point out some of the effects it had on current and the succeeding writing. 13. What are the main features of Restoration drama? 14. “No man exercised so much influence on the age. The reason is obvious. On no man did the age exercise so much influence.” (Macaulay.) How far is this statement true of Dryden? CHAPTER VIII THE AGE OF POPE TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS _The thick line shows the period of active literary work_ 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 | ║ [142]║ | | | ║ | Pope |......║=======║================================║ | (1688–1744) | | ║ | | | | | ║ | | ║ | | | Prior |......║=================║ | | | (1664–1721) | | | | | | | | ║ | | | ║[143]║ | Young |..........|...║==============================║=====║..| (1683–1765) | | | | | | | ║ | | ║[144]| ║ | ║ | Swift |...║======================║============║...|.....║ | (1667–1745) | | | ║ | | | | ║ |║[145] ║ | | | | Addison |...║=======║======║ | | | | (1672–1719) | |║ | | | | | ║ |║[145] | ║ | | | Steele |.....║=====║=================║ | | | (1672–1729) | |║ | | | | |║ | ║[146] | ║ | | Defoe |║=================║===============║ | | (1659–1731) | | ║ | | | | | | | | | | THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1700–50) In the beginning of the eighteenth century the old quarrels take on new features.