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The venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow
Bede servant of Christ and priest, send greeting to the well beloved king Beowulf -
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Beowulf, Introducing the epic
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The Augustan age begins English literature
The Augustan Age begins in English literature, claiming comparison with the equivalent flowering under August Caesar -
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, with its detailed realism
On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about moral and spiritual values. -
English poets wordsworth and coleridg, jointly publishes lyrical Ballads
Willaim wordsworth (1770-1850).Early life influenced by the country side its pleasures and virtues -
Walter Scott publishes The Lay of the Last Minstrel, the long romantic poem that first brings him fame
Professional and other literary engagements (including the expanded edition of the Minstrelsy) delayed completion of the poem, as did Scott's move to Ashestiel. The Lay was eventually finished in August 1804 and published on January 12, 1805 -
Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes probably his best-known poem, the sonnet Ozymandias
About the poem - This is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1818 in the 11 January issue of The Examiner in London. It is frequently anthologised and is probably Shelley's most famous short poem. It was written in competition with his friend Horace Smith, who wrote another sonnet entitled "Ozymandias" -
English author Frances Trollope ruffles transatlantic feathers with her Domestic Manners of the Americans, based on a 3-year stay
Frances Milton Trollope (1779 – 1863) was an English novelist and writer whose first book, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), caused an international sensation upon its publication. Trollope’s more than 100 books include strong social novels, -
Joseph conrads lord Jim. First published in England in 1900
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel lord Jim about life of failure and redention in the far east -
English author Barnes publishes a multi-facete literaturenamed, Flaubelts's parrot
Julian Patrick Barnes ( born 19 juanuary 1946), is an English writer. Barnes won the man bookses prize for his book the sense of an ending (2011) -
The amber Spyglass complete philip pulman's trilogy, his dark mterials
In the epic trilogy his dark materils Philip Pullman. Unlocks the door to worlds parallet to our own.