Eighteenth century witnessed a resolute attempt in the direction of moral regeneration. The writers of this period, notably, Pope, Dr. Johnson, etc. followed the rules and models of the classical writers. Hence it is also called neo-classical age. They gave supreme importance to the intellectual aspects rather than the emotional sides of man. The prevailing principles of the time were rationalism and utility. Actually it was a reaction against the moral degeneration of Restoration era. Elegance and correctness were the dominant mania of the time. This supremacy of logic and reason made the age The Age of Reason.