Commonwealth Age of English Literature

Commonwealth Age

The Commonwealth Age is one of the most important ages of English Literature. This age is, directly and indirectly, related to the literature. There are a number of famous writers of this age and huge political impects. This age plays important role in literature. If you want to start literature well, you need to know it Commonwealth Age from beginning to end.

Important Event of Commonwealth Age

This period, like the previous two periods, belonged to the Puritan Age. Only in this period, there was no monarch in England. After the death of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan leader, came to power. He died in 1658 when his son Richard Cromwell became the ruler of England. He ruled England till 1660. In this period ‘Puritianism’became gradually unpopular. The English people realized that monarch was essential for them.

Major Writers and Their Major Works of the Commonwealth Age

• John Milton did not write anything important in this period.
• Thomas Hobbies (1588-1679), a political philosopher :
“Leviathan” (1651)
• Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
“Holy Living” (1650)
“Holly dying” (1651)
• Vaughan (1621-95) and Marvell (1621-78) continue writing.

Conclusion

The influence of Renaissance and Puritanism died out by the end of this period. The Elizabethan romantic exuberance ended in this period.