Find the chronological order of the writers in terms of the period they belonged to: A. Richard Steele…
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is an Elizabethan and Jacobean essayist; John Dryden (1631-1700) belongs to the Restoration; Richard Steele (1672-1729) is a Queen Anne periodical…
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Find the chronological order of the writers in terms of the period they belonged to:
A. Richard Steele
B. Charles Lamb
C. John Dryden
D. Francis Bacon
E. Matthew Arnold
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Correct answer D
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is an Elizabethan and Jacobean essayist; John Dryden (1631-1700) belongs to the Restoration; Richard Steele (1672-1729) is a Queen Anne periodical essayist; Charles Lamb (1775-1834) is a Romantic essayist; and Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) is Victorian. The chronological order is therefore D, C, A, B, E. Placing Steele before Dryden is the common mistake; Steele's Tatler and Spectator essays came a generation after Dryden.
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