1. Nancy Mendoza, Jasmine Arroyo AP English P.1 February 8, 2011
The Augustan Age
Nancy Mendoza, Jasmine Arroyo
AP English P.1
February 8, 2011

2. Augustan Age
A satirical era with writers such as Jonathan swift, Alexander Pope, and John Gay
Most poets focused on the political situations that where going on at this time
Writings were usually direct counterpoints and direct expansions of one another

3. What was going on during the Augustan era?
After Queen Anne Stuart, George 1 took over and was not liked by many people
He called himself Augustan, that is where the name the Augustan Era came about
The Augustan era happened after The Restoration Era and ended with the death of Alexander Pope
With the Augustan Era coming to an end the Romantic era was inevitable

4. Alexander Pope
Pope dominated the Augustan Era with his satirical poetry
He was disliked by most of his opponents which he called “The Dunces”
The Dunces later influenced him to write a piece named “The Dunces”, one of his most famous pieces
Pope was the first to imitate a writing piece and turn it into humor and satire.

5. John Gay Was a part of The Scribbleran Club
Gay was one of the major voices of the Augustan Era
He wrote a parody, “The Shepherd's Week”
The Beggar’s Opera was his most famous piece
Gay was a good friend of Alexander Pope.
Gay's poetry shows a love of mankind and a gentle mocking of overly serious or pretentious individuals

6. Jonathan Swift Swifts tone was the complete opposite of Gay’s
He was close friends with Alexander Pope
Two of his biggest and most famous pieces where the modest proposal and Gulliver’s Travels
His satirical pieces focused on the issues that where going on during this time

7. Work Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustan_literature