• 1745-1785, time frame is known as the Age of Sensibility.
- অর্থাৎ, এই যুগের সূচনা হয়েছিল ১৭৪৫ সালে।
- The Age of Sensibility (১৭৪৫-১৭৮৫)-কে The Age of Johnsongও বলা হয় কারণ Dr. Samuel Johnson এই সময়টাকে dominate করেছেন।
- তাই, তাঁর নাম অনুসারে এই সময়টাকে Age of Johnson বলা হয়।
• Important writers of the Age of Sensibility -
- Samuel Richardson
- Henry Feilding
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Thomas Gray
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Edmund Burke
- Edward Gibbon
• The Neoclassical Period (1660-1785) তিনটি ছোট যুগ বা period নিয়ে গঠিত -
- The Restoration Period (1660-1700), also known as the age of Dryden.
- The Augustan Age (1702-1745), also known as the age of Pope.
- The Age of Sensibility (1745-1785), also known as the Age of Johnson.
Source: Enotes.com and Britannica, An ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman