british literature timeline

  • 500

    Beowulf

    Beowulf
    This epic poem is about a hero who goes and saves a town from an evil monster named grendal
  • May 3, 1359

    The Canterbury Tales

    canterbury is located 55 miles from london
  • May 3, 1386

    The Green Knight

    A green giant challenges King Author and one of his knight takes the challenge for King Author
  • May 3, 1456

    Lord Randall

  • Period: May 3, 1485 to

    Renaissance period

  • On my first son

    On my first son
  • Sonnet 1

    Sonnet 1
  • The Tyger

    The Tyger
  • Period: to

    Romantic period

  • The Lamb

    The Lamb
  • Period: to

    modern period

  • shooting an elephant

    A man gets pressured into killing an elephant
  • The Seafarer

  • The Wanderer

  • The Wifes Lament

    This story is about a woman who wwas left my her husband
  • Period: to May 3, 1485

    old english to medieval periods