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The age of Elizadeth memorable for so many reasons in the history of England was especially brilliant in literature and within literature in drama John Dryden is the Great representative figue in the literature of the latter part of the seventeenth century Sheridean carried the comedy of manners to the highest point it has reached in England Goldsmith shares with Sheridan the honor of being the only dramatist of his century whose plays are both read and acted today Of Selleys dramatic work the Prometheus Unbound a mythological drama on the redemption of manking is written in gorgeous lyrical verse and ZThe Cenci has claims to be regarded by virtue of its strength of characterization its poetry and its emotional intensity as the greatest drama of the century Browning s drama reaches a high pitch of emotional intensity The characters are drawn with vividness and the lines are rich in poetry Some of Byron s most elquent l;ines are to be fo found in his dramas and Manfred is and impressive and characteristic product of one of the most brilliantly gilted English popets