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.