Anglo-Saxon Poetry and Medieval English Literature

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Neoclassical literature was defined by common sense, order, accuracy, and structure. It valued the existing order and had a sense of __________.

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During the Neoclassical Period, there were new experiments in verse including parody, fables, melodrama, letters, diaries, novels, and __________.

essays

Neoclassical literature focused on the __________ Church as the primary universal source of information.

Catholic

In Neoclassical literature, there was a Love for __________.

<p>Nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

Neoclassical literature emphasized simplicity of __________.

<p>diction</p> Signup and view all the answers

Themes of Solitude were common in Neoclassical literature, along with an expression of __________.

<p>melancholy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Neoclassical literature focused on humanism and spontaneity, along with a sense of __________.

<p>order</p> Signup and view all the answers

Neoclassical literature valued the mediaeval imaginative faculty and the __________ of words.

<p>etymology</p> Signup and view all the answers

Three Periods in Neoclassical literature included love of liberty, interest in the supernatural, and the sense of __________.

<p>revolutionary zeal</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Neoclassical literature, there was an emphasis on grammar, expression, and themes of __________.

<p>solitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

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