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Medieval Period -St. Bede the Venerable.
He was a very important theologian, historian, and chronologist, knowed for the published of the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People” which was fundamental for the conversion from the angloxason tribes to the christianism. -
800
St. Bede the Venerable
Also knowed as the "Beowulf manuscript" is an eroic poem that appear betewen 750 and 800, whose author is unknown. -
1387
Canterbury Tales
Writen by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1387, it is a compilation of 24 tales that tell the journey of some pilgrims to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. -
1469
Thomas Malory
Compilation of novels written by Tomas Malory, he wrote the book while he was in prission. -
Renaissance -William Shakespeare
Also knowed as the age of Isabel, Shakespeare was one of the most important poet, dramatist and actor, a long of his life he wrote about 37 plays, among the most importants we find Richard the III, Romeo and Juliet, The merchant of Venice, Henrry V, Hamlet, among others. -
Jacobean literature - The Masque of Blackness
Written by Ben Jonson who was a dramatist, lyric and poet,in his work he present an intent to pretense for a group of strangers to dance and sing before an audience. Among his more representatives work we find Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone (1605), The Silent Woman (1609), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614). -
A Description of New England
Written by John Smith who was a explorer and cartographer and leader of a colony called Jamestown, in his work he describe the natural abundancy of the new world. -
Metaphysical School
John Donne, poet considered the greatest love poet in the English Language. -
The Temple
Written by George Herbert, who was a religious and metaphysical poet. -
Restoration Literature - The Pilgrim.
Written by John Bunyan who was a preacher and writer, among the more recognized work we can find: Grace Abounding to the chief of sinners (1666), The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (1680), The Holy War (1682), and the Pilgrim. -
Restoration Literature - Novel Oroonoko
Aphra Ben was an english poet, fiction writer, and dramatist, this book talk about topics like slavery, race and gender, for which she was highly recognized. -
Neoclassical Literature - Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe also called the father of English novelists, was the first writer that raided in the litrerary genre of novel. Daniel Defoe was a journalist, pamphleteer and writer, among his most famous works we find Robinson Crusoe, Atalantis Major, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The King of Pirates, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, Moll Flanders & Roxana. -
Joseph Andrews
Henry Fielding was a novelist and playwright considered as founder of English Novel his most famous novels are Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749). -
Neoclassical literature - virtue rewarded
Samuel Richardson worked the main part of his life as printer and publisher, Richardson wrote his first novel when he was 52 years, aong his more famous works we find Sir Charles Grandison and Clarisa, the story of a young lady. -
Romanticism - Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth is one of the most representatives romantic poet of this epoch, he was the laureate poet of England and his book impacted in the evolution of the romanticism. Amongh his more popular works we find, Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, Poems in two volums, The Excursion, Ecclesiastical Sonnets. -
Romanticism - Don Juan
Lord Byron was one of the most recognized poets of the movment of romanticism from his epoch, he is remembered for works like Childe Harold's pilgrimages and Paradise lost. -
Romanticism - Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley was an ensayist, writer and poet, among his more representative works we find Ode to the West Wind, To a Lark and The Mask of Anarchy. -
Victorian Literature
The most important genre in this epoch was the novel, and most of the writers were looking to satisfy the likes from middle class, among the most representatives authors of this epoch we find The sisters Bronte, William Makepeace Thackery, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens -
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens was a novelist and writer, who was called the master of the narrative genre among his more importants works we find "From Great Hope", "Christmas Tales", "David Copperfield" y "A Tale of Two Towns" -
Modern literature
Virginia Woolf is recognized for be one of the most representative women of the modern literature, among her most representative works we find, Mrs. Dalloway, to the lighthouse, a room of my own. -
Postmodern Literature
Martin Amis, studied in Oxford, has worked as teacher at the Machester University among his more importants works we find Rachel Book, dead children, other people. Other importants authors of this period are Ian McEwan, Will Self, Andrew Motion and Salman Rushdie.
