British Literature Timeline

British literature

Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Apr 18, 2012

English Renaissance.

Period: Apr 23, 1513 to Apr 23, 1627

William Shakesspeare

Jan 1, 1564

William Shakespeare is introduced to British literature as the greatest poet of all time..

Christopher Marlowe

Apr 18, 1564

Christopher Marlowe helped start Elizabethen theater. He is often related to Shakespeare..

Andrew Marvell

May 5, 1621

Andrew Marvell wrote many Christian stories and poems..

William Blake

Apr 18, 1767

Blake was a romantic poet who was influnced by the American and French Revolution..

French Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1770 to Apr 23, 1785

William Wordsworth

Apr 18, 1770

William Wordsworth is credited with helping usher in the romantic period of literature..

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Apr 18, 1772

Most known for ushering in the Romanticism movement..

Lord Byron

Apr 18, 1788

Byron's poetry established himself as a leading figure in romanticism

Percy Shelley

Apr 18, 1792

Major romantic poet known for "Ode to the Skylark"

Mary Shelley

Jun 18, 1797

Mary Shelley was known for her work "Frankenstein"

Rupert Brooke

Apr 18, 1887

known strongely for his idealistic war poetry. Brooke was one of the foremost trench poets.