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    The Poets of the 17th Century - Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville: Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville
    The Poets of the 17th Century - Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville: Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville
    The Poets of the 17th Century - Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville: Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville
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    The Poets of the 17th Century - Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville: Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville

    By Aphra Behn, John Donne and John Dryden

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    The Elizabethan age had almost departed and the world had seen the rise of great European empires that continued to hunt with mischief between themselves as they traversed the globe in search of more spoils and territories.

    In England the Civil War had brought about the Will of Parliament and the replacement of the Crown as the governing body. But with these Puritan times, and the subsequent Restoration, Poetry had entered a golden age. John Milton, John Dryden, Ben Jonson are but a few of the luminaries whose great verse followed in the wake of the immortal William Shakespeare.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortable Poetry
    Release dateDec 12, 2023
    ISBN9781835470527
    The Poets of the 17th Century - Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville: Volume I – Joseph Addison to Fulke Greville
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    Aphra Behn

    Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the first Englishwomen to earn a living from writing. She was a playwright, poet, translator, and fiction writer during the Restoration era. Behn’s plays and writing were well-received by the public, but she often found herself in legal trouble or being judged harshly because critics did not like that she was a successful woman. Behn remained a strong advocate for herself, and argued that women should have the same education opportunities as men, paving the way for more women to become writers.

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