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Who were the movers and shakers of the Classicism time

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The Classicism period in literature was around the middle of 1700s to early 1800s. However, some scholars do claim, that the middle of the 1600s which is generally termed as the Enlightenment period to be the beginning of the classicism period.

Some of the movers and shakers of this period; the ones that have so much influence during this time are:

John Locke, John Dryden, etc. (the 1650s to 1700s)

Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, etc.

(the 1700s to 1750)

Samuel Johnson (the 1750s to 1800s)

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