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Edo Period
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King Charles II
• Father, Charles I, was executed at the climax of the English Civil War
• The crown did not pass directly to Charles II, the time between the two monarchs is known as the Interregnum
• Had at least 12 illegitimate children
• Died February 6, 1685 -
Aphra Behn
• English
• Died 1689 -
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The Restoration
• English
• Began with the reign of King Charles II
• Reopening of theaters, which had been closed by the Puritans (who thought drama was sinful)
o Lead to an increase in drama-Increase in satire
o Women were now allowed to participate in theater
• Emergence of the Restoration Comedy which accentuated sexual prowess and loss morality.
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William Blake
• English
• Engraver, artist, poet, and visionary
• Died August 12, 1827 -
Marry Wollstonecraft
• English
• Women’s Right advocate
• Mother of Mary Shelly, author of Frankenstein
• Died September 10, 1797 -
Richard Allen
• US
• Born into slavery
• Published first hymnal for African American congregations
• Methodist preacher
• Died March 26, 1831 -
Jacob Grimm
• German
• Died 1863 -
Wilhelm Grimm
• German
• Died 1859 -
Sojourner Truth
• United States
• Legal name Isabella Van Wagener
• Evangelist
• Fought for abolition and women’s rights movements.
• Died November 26, 1883
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Heinrich Heine
• Prussia/Germany
• Poet
• Died February 17, 1856 -
Ghalib
• Full name- Mīrzā Asadullāh Khān Ghālib India
• Wrote poems, letters and prose
• Poet laureate
• Died February15, 1869 -
Emily Dickinson
• United States
• Poet
• Prolific yet reclusive • May 15, 1886 -
Senecca Falls Women’s Convention
• Debated the right of women to vote -
José Martí
• Cuba
• Poet and essayist
• Fought and died for Cuba’s independence from Spain
• Died May 19, 1895 -
Joseph Jacobs
• Australian
• Settled in the US.
• Died January 30, 1916 -
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Pandita Ramabai
• Indian
• Feminist and social reformer
• Died April 5, 1922 -
Rabindranath Tagore
• Indian • First non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
• Wrote novesl, novellas, short stories, plays, poetry, and essays.
• Died August 7, 1941 -
Franz Kafka
• Prague/German-speaking
• Jewish
• Died June 3, 1924 -
Tanizaki Jun’Ichirō
• Japanese
• Wrote Demonic Fiction
• Died July 30, 1965
