English Literature
in the 18th Centry
Group 4
Introduction
Enlightenment--Western Europe,18tha progressive intellectual movementthe struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalismEnglish enlighteners differ from those of Francemost English writers are enlightenersa .moderate group--support the principles of the existing society (Alexander Pope,Joseph Addison,Richard Steele,Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson)b.radical group--struggle for a resolute democratisation(Jonathan Swift,Henry Fielding,T ...