Augustan age
Definition of Augustan age
of
any
national
literature
,
the
period
of
its
highest
state
of
purity
and
refinement
; -
so
called
because
the
reign
of
Augustus
Cæsar
was
the
golden
age
of
Roman
literature
.
Thus
the
reign
of
Louis
XIV
. (
b
.
1638
)
has
been
called
the
Augustan age
of
French
literature
,
and
that
of
Queen
Anne
(
b
.
1664
)
the
Augustan age
of
English
literature
.
See also:
Augustan
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