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The History of English emphasis on alliteration and percussive effects also a versy complex language where nouns had three genders (male ,female and nueter)
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The book of life A book filled with names in order to keep record of who would be saved on judgement day
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The battle of Hastings Fought between William the Conqueror and king Harold
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The history of english
The Normans led by William the conqueror invaded Britain -
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The history of english Geoffrey Chaucer writes "Cantebury Tales"
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The history of english In 1384, John Wycliffe translates “The Bible” in vernacular English
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After Chaucer's death in 1400 his legacy remained in Britain forever.
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William Caxton establishes the first English printing press
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The history of english First version of “The Book of Common Prayer” published
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William Shakespeare wirtes his first play
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Death of William Shakespeare
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John Dryden John Dryden dominated this time with his poems
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Alexander Pope writes an essay on criticism, forming the basis for modern English literary criticism, insist that 'nature' is the true model and standard of writing.
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Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language”
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Coleridge proposed an influential theory of literature in his Biographia Literaria by Colridge Read more: English literature: The Romantic Period http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-romantic-period.html#ixzz3W6lghmRD
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Major works Frankenstein by Marry Shelly is published
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Emily Brontë's wrote Wuthering Heights Read more: English literature: The Victorian Age http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html#ixzz3W6nqkC6z
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Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847)
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Jane Austen wrote during the romantic period.
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E.E Cummings wrote The Enormous Room
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F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby
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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
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