A Brief Overview of British Literature

0478-09-11 17:51:33

OLD ENGLISH PERIOD

The anglos and the saxons came from Germanic tribes

0731-09-11 17:51:33

Bade

The venerable bade in his monastery at jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people.

0959-01-05 08:08:32

Eddas

The material of eddas, taking shape in iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and burgundy

0975-09-01 17:51:33

Great work

Beouwulf, the first great work of germanic literature, mingles the legend of scandinavia with the experience in England of angles and saxons.

1066-06-01 14:23:01

THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD

In this time much of the writing were relligious

1367-06-19 14:23:01

Will

A narrator who call himself will, and whose name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of piers plowman

1387-06-15 14:23:01

Canterbury Tales

Chauser begins an ambitious scheme for 100 canterbury tales, of which he completes 24 by the time of his death

1469-06-11 14:23:01

Thomas Malory

Thomas Malory, in a gaol somewhere in England, complies Morte d'Arthur an English account of the French tales king Arthur

1500-09-20 18:00:08

Elizabeth

Has poets such as sir wolle, Edmund spenser and willian shakespeare

1500-10-18 15:33:37

THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

Is divided in three parts Jacobean, Elizabeth and Carollina in tihis time the biible has been translated tto the kiing james version

1510-10-21 15:33:37

Erasmus

Erasmus and Thomas More take northern Renaissance in the direction of christian humanism

1590-11-15 17:18:14

Edmund Spennser

English poet Edmund spenser celebrates the protestan Elizabeth I as the faerie Qeene

1601-11-15 17:18:14

Willian Shakespeare

Shakespeare central character in hamlet expresses both the ideas of renaissance and the dillusion of a less confident age

1605-09-30 18:00:08

Jacobean

In this time the translation of the Bible has been made by the king James

1625-09-19 18:00:08

Carolina

In this time has poets such as including Thomas Carew, Richard Lovelace, and John Suckling

1653-09-11 18:00:08

Puritan

This time has poets such as Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor and John Dryden

1660-01-01 00:00:00

Restoration age

Has poets such ass willian Congreve and John Dixden

1660-09-11 18:00:08

NEOCLASICAL PERIOD

Is divided in two parts restoration age and 18 century

1667-08-16 19:33:09

Annus Mirabilis

Poet who writes abouth the war agains Holland and the grea fire of London

1667-09-01 18:00:08

Paradise Lost

Paradise lost is published, earning its author John Milton 10 E

1700-01-01 00:00:00

18 Century

Has poets such ass

1700-01-01 21:02:57

Augustan

Has poets such ass Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift

1700-01-01 21:02:57

Age of Sensibility

Age of Johnson Edmund and Edward Gibbon

1726-01-01 00:00:00

Jonathan Swif

Jonathan swift send his hero on a series of bitterly satrical travels in gullivers travels

1755-01-01 00:00:00

Samuel johnson

Samuel johnson publishes his magisterial dictionary of English langague

1785-11-01 21:46:33

THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Some people say that start with the French revolution, thiss era made works of coleridge Willian blackey Lord Bryant

1792-12-26 06:41:29

Mary Wolllstone

English author Mary Wolllstone publishes a personalety feminnist worrk a vindication of the right of women

1813-12-09 05:14:01

Pride and prejuice

Pride and prejuice based on a youthful work f 17 aledd fiirst impresion is he second of the austen novels o be published

1831-11-15 11:35:23

Oliver Wonndell Holmes

Oliver Wonndell Holmes's poems the last is inspired by an agedd soinnvur of he Boston tea party

1832-09-19 15:01:50

THE VICTORIAN PERIOD

Is named for the name of the Queen Victoria who ascend to the throne, it was time of great social relligious inetelectuall issues has poets such as Robert, Christiina Rossetti and Walker Patter

1843-11-04 10:25:05

Ebenzer Scrooge

Ebenzer Scrooge mends his way just in the time in charles Dikens a cristmas carol

1847-11-08 02:11:41

Bram Stoker

Poet important who wrote the famus novel dracula

1849-11-04 10:25:05

Time Machine

H.G. well published the time machine a history abouth the time traveler whose first stop in the jurney is the year 802701

1894-10-14 11:35:23

Edward Estlin Cummings

Ameerricaan poeet wwhho wrote approximately 2,900 poems

1900-05-05 09:22:05

Wonderfull Wizard

Frank Baum introduces children to Oz in his book the wonderfull wizard of Oz

1901-05-05 09:22:05

Tale of Petter

Beatriz Potter introduces in her own Expense the tale of Petter Rabbitt

1901-05-05 09:22:05

THE EDWARDIAN PERIOD

Is named for the king Edward VII in the outbreak of the world war 1, include novelist as Josep cunrad and Ford Madox

1908-09-02 20:58:06

Lucy Moud Montgomery

Lucy Moud Montgomery's first novel Ame of green gobles instant fame and fortune

1910-09-02 20:58:06

Mr polly

H.G.wells publishes the history of Mr polly a novel abouth an scape from drab everyday existance

1914-08-16 19:33:09

THE GEORGIAN PERIOD

Is named for the king George 5 has poets such as Ralph Edgon Jhon Musefield and Ruper Brook

1925-07-30 02:11:41

Dalloway

Virginia woolf Publlishes her novel Mrs Dalloway in which the actions is limited to a single day

1928-07-30 02:11:41

Frank Harris

Irish author Frank Harris publishes the foutrth and final volume off my life

1936-01-12 03:17:13

Gone with the wind

Author margaret Mitchel publlishes her one book Which becomees probably the best seellling novel of all time Gone witth the winnd

1936-08-21 16:14:19

THE MODERN PERIOD

Begins with the world war I some of the poets are Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley

1940-01-12 03:17:13

Hernest Heming

Ernest Heming Way publishes the novel for whom the bell tollls set in the spanish ciivil war

1945-01-12 03:17:13

Napoleon

In george Orwells fabble animal farm a rutthles pig napoleon contras the farm yard using the tecniquues of stalings

1950-08-10 23:46:00

THE POST MODERN PERIOD

Has poeets such as Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard, and Jean-François Lyotard.

1959-08-27 19:33:09

Jeanette Winterson

Important writer who wrote the famus novel Frankissstein

1979-12-20 08:05:28

The Caged birds

US authhor Maya Angelou publishes her autobiographhical first novel i know why the caged birds sing

1983-02-15 04:42:09

Narnia

Lewis gives the first gllimpset of Narrnia in the lion the witch and he wardrobe

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