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'Enlightenment' literature in Britain conventionally refers broadly to:
AThe 18th-century 'Age of Reason' through Augustan and later writing
BPre-Conquest Old English verse
CVictorian high realism
DLate Modernism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The 18th-century 'Age of Reason' through Augustan and later writing
1. The 18th-century 'Age of Reason' frames the Enlightenment period.
2. Pope, Swift, Johnson, Burke are canonical figures.
3. The brief names 'Enlightenment' as a period.
_Source: Coverage brief — Literary History bucket — "Enlightenment"_
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