What is a Literary Period?
In this introductory lecture, Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period and highlights some of the problems with period boundaries, drawing examples from texts written from circa 1660 to circa 1760.
Date Published:
11 March 2019
Source:
Contributors:
Clare Bucknell
In Collection(s):
Economic and Social Literary Criticism, Reformation and Restoration
Keywords:
periodization, Restoration Literature, eighteenth century
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What is a Literary Period? at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/what-literary-period. Published on 11 March 2019. Accessed on 09 May 2026.
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