3 Innovations and Innovators

As we saw, theater was not just restored in the Restoration, it was reinvented.  Let’s now look at some of the other inventions of the period:

Mastery Check:

  • What were some of the literary innovations of the Restoration and eighteenth century?
  • Who was Aphra Behn and why was she important?
  • What did Mary Astell write about women and marriage?
  • What attitudes towards slavery were current during the eighteenth century.

 

 

 

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