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History of English Literature

By luna25
  • 800

    Beowulf

    Beowulf
    This is an Anglo-Saxon poet, and one of the most important works of Old English literature.
  • Period: 1340 to 1400

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer was one of the most important poets and writer of the middle ages. He had planned to make 100 tales, but he only completed 24 Canterbury tales, by the time of his death. He died on october 25 in 1400.
  • 1367

    Piers Plowman

    Piers Plowman
    Piers Plowman was a poem written by William Langland, it was a great work of English literature of the Middle Ages.
  • 1385

    Troilus and Criseyde

    Troilus and Criseyde
    Troilus and Criseyde was a poem of the middle age written by Geoffrey Chaucer, it was about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy
  • 1524

    William Tyndale

    William Tyndale
    William Tyndale translated the bible into english. Was the first translation from Hebrew and Greek text. He was killed in 1536.
  • Hamlet

    Hamlet
    Hamlet it´s ones of the most important plays, written by William Shakespeare.
  • The Tempest

    The Tempest
    The Tempest, was the last play completed by William Shakespeare's.
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare
    Died one of the most important english writer, poet and actor William Shakespeare.
  • Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe
    Robinson Crusoe was a novel published by Daniel Defoe in 1719, it was the the first english novel.
  • Treatise of Human Nature

    Treatise of Human Nature
    In 1739 was published the Treatise of Human Nature, in which he applied to the human mind the principles of experimental science
  • Ode to a Nightingale

    Ode to a Nightingale
    In this year was puplished Ode to a Nightingale, by the poet John Keats
  • English poet

    English poet
    English poet John Keats died.
  • Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman
    In this year was born an important writer. Who was known by his books and the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials
  • The Amber Spyglass

    The Amber Spyglass
    This novel was written by Philip Pullman, and was publishised in this year.