KnowraRestoration literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Restoration literature, each with the reason it gives.All 11Related 2Narrower topic 9Charles II of EnglandNarrower topic: The restored court shaped a distinctive literary culture associated with Charles’s reign.John DrydenNarrower topic: Dryden became its leading literary figure as theatres reopened and royal patronage returned.Aphra BehnNarrower topic: Behn’s poetry, drama, and prose belong to this varied literary period.William CongreveNarrower topic: Congreve’s career belongs to the final decades of this literary period.Thomas ShadwellNarrower topic: Shadwell’s plays and political verse became part of this period’s literary record.John WilmotNarrower topic: Rochester’s poems belong to this era’s revived literary culture and political satire.Katherine PhilipsNarrower topic: Philips’s final years and dramatic translation belong to the period’s renewed theatrical and literary culture.Kathleen WinsorNarrower topic: The period’s settings and social codes shape the novel’s historical world.Matthew PriorNarrower topic: Prior’s early formation followed the literary culture established after 1660.