Unit #5 - 18th c. The Age of Reason

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WILLIAM BLAKE'S SONGS OF INNOCENCE

Background on Britain's Age of Reason & Enlightenment:

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18TH CENTURY SATIRIST - JONATHAN SWIFT

Here is a good website which provides supplemental material on the British 18th century - Age of Enlightenment, sometimes called the Age of Reason.  It includes complete texts on-line.

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WILLIAM HOGARTH'S "GIN ALLEY"
DANTE RUNNING FROM THE THREE BEASTS
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FROM MILTON'S "PARADISE LOST"
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ILLUSTRATION "THE CREATION OF EVE"