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Baroque (1600–1750)
Baroque literature embraced grandeur, drama, and emotional intensity. Writers grappled with religious conflict, mortality, and the tension between earthly and divine life.
British · 1608–1674 · Poetry
His epic Paradise Lost is considered the greatest poem in the English language.…
French · 1622–1673 · Drama
The master of French comic drama. His satires of religious hypocrisy and social pretension remain stageable today.…
British · 1628–1688 · Fiction
The Pilgrim's Progress was the second best-selling book in English for centuries after the Bible.…
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