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Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1066
Old English / Anglo Saxon Period
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Aug 23, 731
BEDE
Bede completes A History of the English Church and People. -
Oct 26, 750
Beowulf
c. 750. Beowulf was composed between 700 AD and 900 AD. -
Period: Jan 1, 1066 to Jan 1, 1485
Medieval Period
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May 3, 1386
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer began writting The Canterbury Tales. -
May 3, 1470
Morte d' Arthur
Thomas Malory wrote Morte d' Arthur -
Period: Jan 1, 1485 to
The Renaissance Period (Elizabethan/Jacobean Periods)
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Apr 24, 1516
Utopia
Thomas More published Utopia. -
Jul 27, 1535
Thomas More
Thomas More was executed. -
Feb 8, 1564
William Shakespeare
The great poet William Shakespeare is born. -
Romeo & Juliet
William Shakespeare writes his famous work Romeo & Juliet. -
The Bible
The King James Version of The Bible is finally published for the world to read. -
John Donne
The author publishes his Songs & Sonnets. -
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Neoclassical Period
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Paradise Lost
John Milton has his work Paradise Lost published. -
The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock -
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel DeFoe publishes his adventurous tale of Robinson Crusoe. -
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels is published by Jonathan Swift. -
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray publishes "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." -
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Romantic Period
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice. -
FRANKENSTEIN
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley publishes Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. -
West Wind
Percy Bysshe Shelley writes "Ode to the West Wind." -
John Keats
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is published. -
Period: to
Victorian Period
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Period: to
Modern Period
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Ulysses
Author, James Joyce, publishes Ulysses. -
Animal Farm
George Orwell publishes his famous work "Animal Farm."
