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Epic heroic poem, of a great legendary warrior know for his courage, strength and dignity. Thought as the national epic of England. Author unknown
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Greatest of Englands Latin scholars (673-735)
Well-known for - A History of the English Church and People -
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)
Each character tells a tale on the way to Canterbury, only 24 of the projected 120 were told, but together they stand as a complete work. -
(1405-1471) wrote Sir Sawain and the Green Knight
Spent more of his life in prison, for reasons that are still debated today. -
One of the most exciting periods in history. Scholars act out against the "dark ages". Wanted the rebirth of civilization .
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Series of sonnets that fit together loosely to form a story.
Sonnets are 14 lines normally in iambic pentameter.
Sidney; Astrophel and Stella
Spenser; Armoretti
Shakespeare; greastes dramatist, created new rhyme scheme (abab cdcd efef gg), forming the Shakespearean sonnet- four quatrains and a closing couplet. -
(1554-1618): Sir Walter Raleigh
wrote- the nymph's Reply to the Sheperd (1564-1593): Christopher Marlowe
wrote- the Passionate Shepherd to his Love -
Written by Shakespeare in the early 1600's hee took ideads from Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland and mixed the stories together
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Created at the command of King James I, he commissioned 54 scholars and clergymen to compare all known texts of the Bible.
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Period of Enlightenment
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(1572-1673)
wrote- On My First Son -
(1688-1744)
wrote- The Rape of the Lock (1712-1714)
Great satirist, gave his name to the literary era in which he wrote, which is now called the Age of Pope and Swift. -
(1709-1784)
In 1746 he began work on his Dictionary of the English Language and it ook him nine years to finish. -
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
The Scriblerus Club, encouraged Swift to write a series of amusing journeys because they knew he enjoyed reading travel books. -
By Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Last essay he wrote to call attention to the plight of the Irish. -
Written by Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
His first important poem and best-known poem. -
(1759-1796) known as " The Voice of Scotland"
In 1786 published his first collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Included "To a Mouse"
Most of his poems are writting in dialect. -
William Blake (1757-1827)
From series of poems, Songs of Innocence.(1789) -
William Blake (1757-1827)
part of a series of poems, Songs of Experience (1794) -
Written by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Wordsworth visited this church five years earlier alone, but the next time he brought his sister along.On the visist that inspired this poem William said, " No poem of mine was composed under circumstances more pleasant for one to remember than this." -
Samual Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
In 1798 Coleridge and Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads, a mix of their works. " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was inlclued as a part of Coleridge's contributions. -
Began as a rebel against the Enlightenment era.
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George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Bryon created brooding figures whose ironic attitude and hidden sorrow only added to their charm, this figure became known as a Byronic hero. -
Written by Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851)
Mary, her husband, poet Lord Byron and another friend challeneged each other to write ghost stories. Mary's version became the full-length novel Frankenstein. Which was first published in 1818, -
(1792-1822)
Wrote Ozymandias-Ode to the West Wind-To a Skylark
Often referred to as the perfect poet of the Romantic Era. -
John Keats (1795-1821)
In 1819 he wrote some of his most famous poems, "The Eve of St. Agnes", "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and his odes. All are considered to be masterpieces. -
written by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
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The Literature relfects the rise and fall of British power during the Victorian era.
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Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Wrote "My Last Duchess"
Elizabeth Browing (1806-1861)
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Written by Charlotter Bronte (1816-1855)
Her boarding-school experiences gave her material for the story. -
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Series of short poems that considered questions of death, religious faith, and immortality. This series grew for over 17 years and was published in 1850. -
By Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Other popular works, Oliver Twist(1839), David Cooperfield(1850) -
(1844-1889)
wrote- God's Grandeur, Spring and Fall: To a Young Child
none of his works were published till 1918 -
(1859-1936)
wrote- To an Athlete Dying Young & When I Was One-and Twenty -
By Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
His poetry marke the transition from Victorian verse to the modern movement. -
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By- Rupert Brooke (188701915)
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(1865-1939)
wrote- When You Are Old, THe Lake Isle of Innisfree, The Wild Swans at Coole, The Second Coming, and Sailing to Byzantium
won noble prize in 1923 -
(1888-1965)
wrote Preludes, Journey of the Magi, and The Hollow Men -
(1903-1950)
wrote- Shooting an Elephant -
(1882-1941)
wrote- The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection -
(1902-1971)
wrote-Not Waving but Drowning -
(A.D. 871-899) Put together by a group of monks. They used parts of Bede's History, existing chronologies, family trees, and other historic documents. Following two centuries, monks added news to the Chronicle ranging from gossip to the battles of kings.
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Beginning of English periods
