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Jan 24, 1572
John Donne
John Donne (between 24 January and 19 June 1572 – 31 March 1631) English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, -
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John Dryden
John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John. ("Astraea Redux", "Don Sebastian") -
John Locke
Widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. ("Two Treatises of Government", "A Letter Concerning Toleration") -
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn (14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) Prolific dramatist of the English Restoration, the first English professional female literary writer. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature. -
John Wilmot
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester was the embodiment of the new era, and he is as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. ("Prentice Work", "Early Maturity", "Tragic Maturity") -
Elkanah Settle
Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) English poet and playwright. His first tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia, was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1667. The success of this play led the earl of Rochester to encourage the new writer as a rival to John Dryden. -
Robert Gould
Robert Gould (1660? – 1708/1709) was a significant voice in Restoration poetry in England. Gould began his poetic career with a number of odes to peers, and his odes to ladies are particularly stylized and idealistic. In 1683, Gould made a name for himself as an author by writing Love Given O'er: Or a Satyr on the Inconstancy of Woman. -
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. ("Pastorals", "Messiah")
