Q: The eighteenth century in English literature is also called:
a) Age of Reason
b) Age of Good sense
c) The Puritan Age
d) Both A & B
Correct answer: d) Both A & B
18th Century Writers in English Literature
The eighteenth century is also known as the age of Reason or the age of Good sense because the people thought that they could stand their own legs. People could be achieved through the calm working of the human mind. It is concerned with the universal experience. The age of Reason was the period of rigorous (accurate) scientific, political and philosophical characterized European society during the long 18th century from the late 17th century to the ending of the Napoleonic wars in 1815.
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