Age of Johnson

The Age of Johnson is referred as the ‘Age of ____’ that ranged from 1750-1798

• Sensitivity

• Sensibility

• Sanctity

• Socialism

Writers of the age of Johnson focused on the qualtities of ____

• Intellect

• Reason

• Balance

• Anarchy

Notable publications of this age are:

- Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757).

- Johnson’s The Rambler (1750-1752)

- _______The Vicar of the Wakefield

Most of the poets belonging to the age of Johnson may be termed as precursors of the ______revival.

• Classical

• Scientific

• Romantic

• Moral

The age of Johnson is also called the Age of Transition.

• Transition

• Transaction

• Transfer

• Transmission

The emergence of middle class led to the rise of , feelings, and emotions

• anti-sentimentalism

• sentimentalism

• Anarchy

• imagination

The French Revolution took place in 1789-1799.  Outcomes include

• Abolition of the French Monarchy

• Establishment of a secular and democratic republic that became authoritarian and militaristic.

• Radical social change based on liberalism and other enlightenment principals.

• Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

Between these two extremes we have poets like Gray and Collins who are true transitional poets in the sense that they share both the romantic and the classic characters. This double adherence of Classic and Romanticism is called ___ .

_______supports freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil right, democratic societies, secular government, and international cooperation.  It rejects the notion of hereditary privilege state religion, absolute monarchy and Divine rights of the King

• Democracy

• Liberalism

• Generalism

• Equity

It was fought between 1754-1763 but the main conflict occurring between 1756-1763.  The fight was between the two major opponents France and Britain, but other countries like America, India, were also affected.

• 100 years war

• 10 years war

• 7 years war

• Sepoy Mutuny