British Literature history

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  • Period: to

    The Enlightenment Period

  • Aphra Behn

    Aphra Behn

    Novelist
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    Philosophy
  • Daniel Defoe

    Daniel Defoe

    Poetry, prose, fiction
  • Johnatan Swift

    Johnatan Swift

    Poetry and prose; Satirist
  • Joseph Addison

    Joseph Addison

    Essay
  • Alexander Pope

    Alexander Pope

    Poetry; Satirist
  • Period: to

    "The Tatler" by Richard Steele

    Journal
  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Sir Isaac Newton

    Science
  • Period: to

    "The Spectator" by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison

    Journal
  • "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope

    "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope

    Satirical poem
  • "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe

    "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe

    Novel
  • Eliza Haywood

    Eliza Haywood

    Novelist
  • Thomas Parnell

    Thomas Parnell

    Graveyard Poet
  • "Gulliver's Travels" by Johnatan Swift

    "Gulliver's Travels" by Johnatan Swift

    Satirical prose
  • "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay

    "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay

    Satirical theatre
  • "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift

    "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift

    Satirical essay
  • Samuel Johnson

    Samuel Johnson

    Essay; Satirist
  • David Hume

    David Hume

    Philosophy
  • "Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded" by Samuel Richardson

    "Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded" by Samuel Richardson

    Novel of Sentiment
  • "Shamela" by Henry Fielding

    "Shamela" by Henry Fielding

    Novella
  • Edward Young

    Edward Young

    Graveyard Poet

  • Robert Blair

    Graveyard Poet
  • "Clarissa" by Samuel Richardson

    "Clarissa" by Samuel Richardson

    Novel of Sentiment
  • Charlotte Lennox

    Charlotte Lennox

    Novelist
  • Period: to

    "The Rambler" by Samuel Johnson

    Journal
  • Thomas Gray

    Thomas Gray

    Graveyard Poet
  • Horace Wallpole

    Horace Wallpole

    Gothic Novelist
  • William Blake

    William Blake

    Romantic Poet
  • "Songs of Experience" by William Blake

    "Songs of Experience" by William Blake

    Romantic Poetry
  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith

    Philosophy
  • Joseph Priestly

    Joseph Priestly

    Science
  • "Castle of Otranto" by Horace Wallpole

    "Castle of Otranto" by Horace Wallpole

    Gothic Novel
  • "A Sentimental Journey" by Laurence Sterne

    "A Sentimental Journey" by Laurence Sterne

    Novel of sensibility
  • "The Man of Feeling" by Henry Mackenzie

    "The Man of Feeling" by Henry Mackenzie

    Novel of Sensibility
  • Frances Burney

    Frances Burney

    Novelist
  • "The Old English Baron" by Clara Reeve

    "The Old English Baron" by Clara Reeve

    Gothic Novel

  • "The Recess" by Sophia Lee

    Gothic Novel
  • "Vathek" by William Beckford

    "Vathek" by William Beckford

    Gothic Novel
  • "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake

    "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake

    Romantic Poetry
  • "America, a Prophecy" by Wiliam Blake

    "America, a Prophecy" by Wiliam Blake

    Romantic Poetry; book of prophecy
  • "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" by William Blake

    "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" by William Blake

    Romantic Poetry
  • "Songs of Experience" by William Blake

    "Songs of Experience" by William Blake

  • Period: to

    Romanticism

  • "Jerusalem" by William Blake

    Romantic Poetry