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Period: 450 to Apr 1, 1100
Old English : Anglo-Saxton Period
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500
Old English : Anglo-Saxon Period - 450-1100
•strong belief in fate
•very religious time
•admiration of heroic warriors who prevail in battle
•express religious faith and give moral instruction through literature -
Apr 1, 700
The Wanderer
- Religious themed
- Conveys the meditations of a solitary exile on his past glories as a warrior in his Lord's band of retainers
- Also describes the speaker's faith and current hardships
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Apr 1, 750
Beowulf
Author : Annonymous
- Old English heroic epic poem
- consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines
- set in Scandinavia
- commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. -
Apr 1, 1100
The Medievil Period - 1100-1500
- Many works were based on tragedy
- Also included humor
- Devotion to religion
- Many plays
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Period: Apr 1, 1100 to Apr 1, 1500
Medievil Period
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Apr 1, 1380
The Canterbury Tales
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
- Short stories told by individuals traveling on a road -
Apr 1, 1380
The Wife of Bath's Tale
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
After being sentenced to death, a knight has to reclaim his honor by knowing what women desire the most. -
Apr 1, 1400
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author : Annonymous
- King Arthur's nephew, Gawain, takes a fight with a green knight, believing he will win. -
Apr 1, 1450
Barbara Allen
Author- Anonymous
- A man is in love with Barbara and, after being rejected, dies of a broken heart -
Apr 1, 1485
The Renaissance (1485-1660)
- Wrote mostly about love and all aspects of love
- Poetry
- Sonnets
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Period: Apr 1, 1485 to
The Renaissance Period
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Apr 1, 1570
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
- A woman rejects the shepherd, -
Apr 1, 1580
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Author : Christopher Marlow
A shepherd tells of his love for a woman. -
Sonnet 130
Author: William Shakespeare
- description of the qualities of a woman he loves. -
MacBeth
Author : William Shakespeare
- MacBeth is told of his future by three witches
- He quickly becomes consumed by power
- Becomes an evil king
- Is overthrown and killed -
Period: to
The Age of Reason
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To His Coy Mistress
Author : Andrew Marvell
- The speaker compliments a woman
- time will speed by for those in love. -
A Modest Proposal
Author- Jonathan Swift
- gives an outragous solution to the homeless problem; eating and selling children. -
The Romantic Period (1798-1832)
- Wrote about nature
- Intorduction of Gothic elements
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Author- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- sailor tells his tale of how he lost crew and was punished for killing an Albatross. -
Period: to
The Romantic Period
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Ode to the West Wind
Author- Percy Bysshe Shelley
No matter how hard your life is, it will always get better. -
The Victorian Period (1832-1901)
- Often wrote of problems in society
- Labor houses
- Love triangles
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Period: to
The Victorian Period
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The Lady of Shalott
Author- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A woman is cursed and can not go out of her tower and when she does, she dies. -
Ulysses
Author- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
After returning home, a war vetean wants to continue his adventurous days. -
from Hard Times
Author- Charles Dickens
Children are taught only facts because they are "wanted in life". -
My Last Duchess
- Author- Robert Browning
- Browning is talking about a picture of his former lover.
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Ah, Are You Diggng On My Grave?
Author- Thomas Hardy
- A person thinks they will be remembered after death
- only a dog comes to their grave to bury a bone. -
Period: to
The Modern Period
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When You Are Old
Author- William Butler Yeats
- Author wants to remind an old love of the times they had together and how she will regret missing them when she is old. -
Preludes
Author- T. S. Eliot
-Author uses vivid images to describe a city. -
Shooting an Elephant
Author : George Orwell
A police officer must choose between killing an elephant or saving it and look like a fool in front of the townspeople. -
The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection
Author- Virginia Woolf
- People are too curious to not look into a house when they walk by. -
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Author- Dylan Thomas
- wants his father to fight death and to not die easily. -
The Modern Period (1900-now)
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The Age of Reason (1660-1798)
- Wrote about problems in society
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The Seafarer
- Frequently referred to as an elegy
- Speaks of loss and saddness
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The Wife's Lament
- Treated as an elegy
- Grief of a female speaker
- Representation of her state of despair
