Editing Classicism (section)

==In literature==
The literary classicism drew inspiration from the qualities of proportion of the major works of [[ancient Greek literature|ancient Greek]] and [[Latin literature]].<ref name="Baldick">{{cite encyclopedia |surname=Baldick |given=Chris |authorlink=Chris Baldick |entry=Classicism |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms |edition=4th |format=Online Version |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780191783234 |entry-url= https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198715443.001.0001/acref-9780198715443-e-209?rskey=mEPvik&result=210 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198715443.001.0001/acref-9780198715443 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Greene">{{cite encyclopedia |editor-surname=Greene |editor-given=Roland |editor-link=Roland Greene |display-editors=etal |entry=Neoclassical poetics |entry-url= |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics |edition=4th rev. |year=2012 |url={{Google books|id=uKiC6IeFR2UC|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} |place=Princeton, NJ |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-15491-6}}</ref>

The 17th–18th centuries significant Classical writers (principally, playwrights and poets) include [[Pierre Corneille]], [[Jean Racine]], [[John Dryden]], [[William Wycherley]], [[William Congreve]], [[Jonathan Swift]], [[Joseph Addison]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[Voltaire]], [[Carlo Goldoni]], and [[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock]].