Question

Respect for rules was one of the cardinal features of Neo-classicism. Elaborate.




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Answer 1

Explanation:

The excess of metaphysicals

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followers of Donne-led to

a revolt in favor of order, balance and sanity in literature.

Their extravagant hyperboles, farfetched and violentsimiles and metaphors and conceits elaborated to a fantasticextent prepared the ground for Neo-classicism with itsemphasis on correctness and decorum.

The French influence: Charles II and his courtiers’ return

from France, French respect for rules, French theory and practice of literature.

The rise of the scientific spirit and the new philosophy

with their emphasis on rationalism, reason, clarity, and

simplicity in thought and expression, and the avoidance ofall that was extravagant favored the rise of Neo-classicism.