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450
Saint Bede translates the bible
- In the Old English time period, a key author was Saint Bede and he translated the Bible into English; he was famous for writing many poems and the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Another key author was King Alfred and he was thought to have translated translated the first fifty Psalms as well as three prose works such as Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy. Another major work of literature in this time period was Beowulf; the author however, remains anonymous, http://people.
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Period: 450 to Apr 6, 1066
Old English 450-1066
In 600, Christianity was introduced among Anglo Saxons by St. Augustine missionary from Rome.
http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/cultur/britishlit.html
In the 700’s texts in English began to emerge and Beowulf was written down.
3. Old English consisted of many biblical references, many of which were translated latin
works of the early Church fathers/ advisers. The literature throughout this time period
chronicled narrative history works, laws, mills, and other legal works.
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Apr 6, 600
Beuwolf
In 600, Christianity was introduced among Anglo Saxons by St. Augustine missionary from Rome.
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Apr 6, 1066
Canterbury Tales
. An important author throughout this time period was Geoffrey Chaucer; he wrote the
Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Another was William Langland and he
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Period: Apr 6, 1066 to Apr 6, 1485
Middle English
The Middle English period took place from 1066 - 1485.
In 1362, English becomes the official language of the law courts and thus this lead to more authors writing in English. In 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales and the language used shows French influence, and in 1474, William Caxton brings the printing press to New England and publishes the first printed book in English. http://home.comcast.net/~stepehn.gottlieb/romantic/periods.html
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Apr 6, 1440
Sir Thomas writes - Utopia
Sir Thomas More - utopia
John Milton - Paradise Lost
William Shakespeare- Titus Andronicus, Love’s Labor’s Lost -
Period: Apr 6, 1485 to
The Renaissance
he Renaissance time period took place from 1485-1066. http://home.comcast.net/~stepehn.gottlieb/romantic/periods.html
In 1611,the King James Bible was published and it influenced speech and writing.
In 1616 Shakespeare dies and is recognized as a genius of the English language.http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/britishlit.html
Renaissance literature is characterized as a humanist philosophy which recovered classical literature and developed new literary genres such as the essay, and new -
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Neo Classical
The Neo - Classical time period took place from 1660-1789.
In 1660, science develops from astronomy, physics, to natural history. Throughout this time period people borrowed Latin and Greek words to make new words.
John Dryden (1631-1700) became the first poet Laureate, in which he was officially assigned and paid to write poems. Neo classical literature was characterized by its order and accuracy. In the neo classical time men weren't seen as good people, the neoclassical period p -
Treaties on Government by John Locke
Francis Bacon - Advancement of Learning , New Atlantis
John Locke - Treatises on Government
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and the Fall of the Roman Empire
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Romantic Age
1785- Ann Yearsley publishes, Poems on Several Occasion
1787, Wordsworth’s first published poem appears in the European Magazine
http://www.romanticismanthology.com/timeline/default.asp
3. In the Romantic Age, literature was centered in the visual arts, music, and literature, but also impacted the natural sciences. The Romantic Age also placed emphasis on the sublimity and the beauty of nature. Along with that, the romantic Age was associated with liberalism and rad -
Williams Wordsworth
William Wordsworth - Intimations of Immortality, Lines Composed a Few Miles
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Sir Walter Scott - Lady of the Lake, Ivanhoe -
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Victorian Time Period
1837-1901
The great Exhibition Hosted in the magnificent Crystal Palace, it was perhaps the first World’s Fair-type exhibition, presenting new technology and exhibits from all over the world. It ran for five months in 1851 and came to represent the advances and attitudes of the Victorian era.http://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/british-empire/brit-history-10-events-victorian-era-every-anglophile-know/
Victorian literature is that produced during the reign of queen victoria (1837-1901) or th -
Charles Dickens writes Great Expectations
Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” and “Bleak House”
The bronte sisters Eyre and Emily bronte. Emily’s famous work “ Wuthering Heights.
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Period: to
Modern Period
-On November 11, 1918 the Treaty of Versailles will officially put an end to World War one.
- On April 27 1917 Vladimir Lenin leads the Bolsheviks in the world’s first communist revolution.
3) the literary period of modernism(1900-1945) followed the realist movement. this period was not the typical literary movement. instead, the modernist movement existed as numerous small groups of writers. Historically, the most significant event during this literary period was that of world war one. in a s -
Period: to
Post Modern Period
he Vietnam was marked in the United States by vast public protest demonstrations in 1973 which showed major characteristics of postmodernism.
-The Beatles Arrive in America in 1964 and produce their own form of post modern rock than what was experienced before in the United States
3)Postmodernism is a literary movement of post-1950s, a time marked by the cold war and the excesses of consumption. It differs from Modernism by blurring the conventional boundary between "high" and "low" culture, by -
Period: to
Contemporary Period
May 17 1954)Supreme court rules public school segregation unconstitutional- Around this time, segregation and racism was heavily debated topics. The fact that public school segregation was ruled unconstitutional.
- (November 22 1963) JFK is assassinated. Jfk’s assassination produced mass disconsolation in the lives of many Americans.
3) Contemporary literature reflects current trends in life and culture and because these things change often, contemporary literature changes often as well. Co -
T.S Eliot writes "The Wasteland"
T.S Eliot writes his poem “The Wasteland”
D.H Lawrence- “Aron’s Rod” and “England my England”
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Autunm Rhythm
Jackson Pollock writes “Autumn Rhythm” Feb 20 1950
Jack Kerouac writes “On the Road” in Jan 1 1967
Harper Lee writes “To kill a Mockingbird” in 1960
