English Literature: The Eighteenth Century

Duration: 14 min

Year Published: 1958

Creator: Coronet Films

Color: Color

Credits: James L. Clifford

Description: Literary discussions in an eighteenth-century London coffee house reveal trends in literature of the time. Some excerpts from writings of Addison and Steele, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Fielding, and Goldsmith illustrate the neoclassicism of the 1700's; others illustrate the shift toward sentiment and romanticism in the latter half of the century.

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