idioms of maturity seen in the Queen Anne age He believes that this literature achieved a high level of social grace and intellectual control The Augustan period he says laid a heavy stress on the social Its literature reflected politeness moderation and balance Strength and Weakness of the Age Leavis admits that excessive focus on the social side had both gains and losses He writes Such insistence on the social has a discouraging effect on the deeper sources of originality This means that the Queen Anne writers valued public manners so much that personal creativity suffered as a result Literary Figures and Cultural Health Leavis praises writers like Dryden Addison and Halifax He calls Halifax urbane natural and a master of spoken tone Leavis sees in such writers the true spirit of Restoration and Augustan culture This made the Queen Anne period a model of cultural health and literary harmony In short Leavis evaluates the Queen Anne period as one of England s most balanced and civilized literary ages It joined intellect with culture and art with social life Though it limited individual passion it represented social confidence and moral health