Gawain and the green knight

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

By LINAPUERTAS
  • Jan 1, 1476

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Interest in human behavior as the main theme of the works
    Poetry, drama and prose
  • Jan 1, 1560

    Elizabethan literature

    Elizabethan literature
    William Shakespeare
    elaborate language and for its allusions to the themes of classical mythology

  • Jacobite literature

    Jacobite literature
    John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont
    theatrical style in relation to the works of revenge

  • Restoration Literature

    Restoration Literature
    John Wilmo
    The most outstanding poetic form was satire. Generally, satires were published anonymously to avoid serious problems for the author, such as the "defamation law".