The Literature and Culture of the Enlightment

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Political systems, religious traditions and cultural conventions prevalent for centuries gave way to revolutions in theology, philosophy, and science. Students examine works reflective of (and sometimes responsible for) these transformations by authors such as Milton, Bunyan, Dryden, Behn, Haywood, Burney, Swift, Locke, Pope, Defoe, Samuel Johnson, Equiano, Descartes, Moliere, Wollstonecraft, Voltaire, Paine, Wheatley, and Franklin.