PAPER: 2,the neo-classical literature.

TOPIC: major prose writers of the age.

PAPER: 2,the neo-classical literature.

NAME: chudasama pratipalsinh v

CLASS: m.a sem -1

SUBMITED TO : ms,heenaba zala

Dept,of English,

Bhavnagar university.

  MAJOR PROSE WRITERS OF THE AGE

    The age of pope intensified the movement that,as we have seen began after the restoration the drift away from the poety of passion was more pronounced than ever,the ideals of wit and common sense were more zealously pursued and the lyrical note was almost unheard.this aims received expression in the devotion to the heroic couplet,the aptest medium for the purpose.without pope no one great poet of the age,on the other hand the great names of the period- swift,Addison,steele, defoeare those of prose writers and prose writers of a very high quality.

                       Major prose writers of the age:

<1> Jonathan swift(1667-1745):

      His life::swift was born in Dublin and though boyh his parents were English.his connetion with Ireland very till day he died.he was very wrtched at school.he might have become bishop.his last year were passed in silence and at the very end luncy.

    His prose::almost in one bound swift attanined to a mastery of English prose.his main prose writing are given bellow,

  1.the battle of the book(1704)

  2.A tale of a tub(1704)

  3.the whigs for the tories(1714)

  4.the barrier treaty(1714)

  5.the drapire’s letters(1724)

  6.gullivers travel(1726)

<2>joseph Addison(1672-1719):

    His life::educated at the charterhouse,Addison went to oxford,where he became a fellow of magdalen college.he early made his mark as a serious scholar.marlborough poem brought him fame and fortune.at early age of forty seven he died.

  His prose::several political pamphlets are ascribed to Addison,but as a pamphleteer he is not impressive.in fact almost entirely as an essayist that Addison is justly famed.his major prose writing are given bellow,

  1.the tatler(1709)

  2.the spectator(1709)

  3.tha guardian

<3>sir riched steele(1672-1729):

    His life::steel has a vaired and rather an unfortunate career,due to largely to his own disposition.he was educated at charterhouse and then proceeded to oxford,leaving without taking a degree.he died ten years after his fellow essayist.

  His drama::

       1.the funeral(1701)

       2.the lying lover(1703)

       3.the tender husband(1705)

       4.the conscious lovers(1722)

His essays::

     1.the guardian(1713)

     2.the Englishman(1713)

     3.the reader(1714)

     4.the plebeian(1719)

<4>Daniel defoe(1659-1731):

   His life:much of defoe life is still undermined.he was born in London,become a soldier and then took to journalismhe one of the best prose writer in his time.he died in London.

  His prose:

     1.the dissenters(1702)

     2.the true Englishman(1701)

     3.robinson crusoe(1719)

  4.duncanCampbell,memoris of       cavalier,  captainsingleton(1720)

     5.roxana(1724)

     6.a new voyage round the world(1725)

                       Other prose writers::

     1 john Arbuthnot(1667-1735)

     2 lord Bolingbroke(1678-1751)

        The idea of a patriot king(1736)

     3 george Berkeley(1685-1753)

     4 lady mary wortley montagy(1689-1762)

     5 earl of Shaftesbury(1671-1773)

               All this writers are major prose writers of the age,all of these writers give more contribution in prose writing,because of all these writers prose form developed very well.these major writers contribution is priceless.