Which of these writers is considered the founder of the English novel?
B.
Daniel Defoe
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Match each neoclassical work with its characteristics.
[WRONG]
"The Rape of the Lock"
criticizes impulsive nature
remorseful tone
"A Modest Proposal"
criticizes the English upper class
playful tone
matter-of-fact tone
Which part of this excerpt from "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is directed against a particular social class in Ireland?
landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children.
Why does Alexander Pope use the style and narrative form of epics to describe a relatively insignificant incident in "The Rape of the Lock"?
B.
to mock society for attaching too much importance to trivial things
Many English writers and thinkers in the eighteenth century felt that the English language should be standardized. Which social change was most closely related to the perceived need for standardization?
D.
increased literacy