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This period of literature dates back to their invasion of celtic England circa 439. -
The venerable Bade in his monastery at Jarrow, his history of the english chuch and people.
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The material of the Eddas, taking shape in iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy.
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Sees a huge transition in the language, culture abd lifestyle of England. -
A narrator who calls himself Will, and whese name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of Piers Plowman.
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Thomas Malory in goal somewhere in England, compiles Morte d´Arthur- an English account of the French tales of King Arthur.
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They retain the historically familiarterm "RENAISSANCE". This period is subdivided into four parts. -
Shakespeare´s central character in Hamlet expresses both the ideals of the Renaissance and the desillusion of a less confident age.
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This period is subdivided into ages, including The Restoration (1660-1700), The Augustan Age (1770-1745), and The Age of Sensibility (1745-1785). -
Jonathan Swift sends his hero on a series of bitterfy satirical travels in Gulliver´s Travels.
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Samuel Johnson publishes his magisterial Dictionary of the English Language
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The beginning date for the Romantic period is often debated.
The American Literature has its own Romantic period. -
Pride and prejudice, based on a youthful work of 1797 called First impressions, is the second of Jane Austern´s novels to be publised.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes´poem The last Leaf is inspired by an aged survivor of the Boston Tea Party.
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It was a time of great social, religious, intellectual, and economic issues. -
H.G. Wells publishes The Time Machine, a story about a Time Traveller whose first stop on his year 802701.
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Frank Baum introduces children to OZ, in his book The wonderful Wizard of the Oz.
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Is a short period and the era includes incredible classic novelists. -
Beatrix Potter publishes at her own expense The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.
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H.G. Wells publishes The History of Mr Polly, a novel about an escape from drab everyday existence.
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The themes and subject matter tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally rather than with passion or with experimentation. -
Virginia Woolf oublishes her novel Mrs Dalloway, in which the action is limited to a single day.
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Irish Author Frank Harris publishes the fourth and final volume of My Life and Loves.
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The common features include bold experimentation with subject matter, style, and form, encompassing narrative, verse, and drama. -
US author Margaret Mitchell publishes her one book, which become probably the best - selling novel of all time Gone with the Wind.
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Poststructuralist literary theory and criticism developed during this time. -
US author Maya Angelou publishes her autobiographical first novel, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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The typical characteristics of the period include reality-based stories with strong characters and a believable story. -
J.K Rowling (under the pseudonym Robet Galbraith) starts Cormoran Strike, a series of crime fiction novels.