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• (the) Augustan Age — the Augustan Age [the Augustan Age] the period of English literature in the early 18th century, when writers such as Swift and Pope were active. The name comes from that of the Roman ↑emperor Augustus, who ruled when Virgil, Horace and Ovid were… …   Useful english dictionary

• Augustan age — Augustan Au*gus tan, a. [L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See {August}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus C[ae]sar or to his times. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. [1913 Webster] {Augustan age} of any national literature …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Augustan Age — the period of English literature in the early 18th century, when writers such as Swift and Pope were active. The name comes from that of the Roman emperor Augustus, who ruled when Virgil, Horace and Ovid were writing, and suggests a classical… …   Universalium

• Augustan Age — may refer to * The period in Roman history when Caesar Augustus became the first emperor. * Augustan literature and Augustan poetry, the early 18th century in British literature and poetry, where the authors highly admired and emulated the… …   Wikipedia

• Augustan age — Augustan age, 1. the period when Latin literature is traditionally held to have reached its highest point, corresponding to the reign of Augustus, 27 B.C.–A.D. 14. 2. an age thought of as similar in any national literature (applied especially to… …   Useful english dictionary

• AUGUSTAN AGE —    the time in the history of a nation when its literature is at its best …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Augustan Age — Latin literature’s golden era when Horace, Livy, Ovid, and Virgil flourished during the reign of the Emperor Augustus (27 B.C. to A.D. 14) …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Augustan literature — is a style of English literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II in the first half of the 18th century, ending in the 1740s with the deaths of Pope and Swift (1744 and 1745, respectively). It is a literary… …   Wikipedia

• Augustan prose — is somewhat ill defined, as the definition of Augustan relies primarily upon changes in taste in poetry. However, the general time represented by Augustan literature saw a rise in prose writing as high literature. The essay, satire, and dialogue… …   Wikipedia

• Augustan poetry — is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. This poetry was more explicitly political than the poetry that had preceded it, and it was… …   Wikipedia

• Augustan — Au*gus tan, a. [L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See {August}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus C[ae]sar or to his times. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. [1913 Webster] {Augustan age} of any national literature, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English