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450
Oral literature
During this time it was had with oral litearture -
Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
This period begins in 450 with the invasion of the Jutes and Celts, the writings were medical or religious legal, oral literature, relevant works Caedmon and Cynewulf. It ends with the French invasion. -
Period: 600 to 1066
Literature
in this time the prose was of legal or religious topic however we nned writes how Beowulf and the poetries of Caedmon y Cynewulf, -
680
Caedmon
Caedmon was an English poet born in Northumbria, he died in 680, he was a monk of the Streonæshalch monastery, he is known for the poem that bears his name -
700
Beowlf
Beowulf is an epic poem dating from the 8th century tells the story of the hero as a young man cntra a monster and as the king of the geese. -
Period: 1066 to 1500
Middle English period
This period has a modernization of the English language, throughout the 400 years that it occupies, most of the texts are religious in nature, however, from 1530 onwards, secular literature began to be recognized. -
1343
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English philosopher writer, he was also an alchemist and astronomer, he was known for works such as the Canterbury tales and the book of the Duchess, he died in Ibidem in 1400 -
1360
Piers Plowman
It was a poem written by William Langland in which he describes three visions, one of the Catholic Church, another of Piers Plowman himself and the last of death trying to search for the beautiful and the good. -
1390
Sir Gawman and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic novel from the late fourteenth century with features of Celtic mythology such as the beheading of you and elements of the time such as the Black Death. -
1425
Robert Henryson
Robert Henryson was a Scottish poet born in 1425 little is known about his life but if his works were an admirer of Chaucer, his most famous work, thirteen glosses to the fables of Aesop, he died in 1500 -
1471
Thomas Malory
Thomas Malory was born probably in 1416 he was the author or compiler of La Mierte de Arturo, his great work, he fought in the war of the two roses for the defeated side, he was sentenced to prison and escaped from it on two occasions, he died in 1471 -
Period: 1500 to
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement in Europe of the fourteenth century against the obscurantism sponsored by the church, it arose in Italy and spread throughout the continent, it wanted to seek the values of Greek and Roman civilization and theocentrism was replaced by anthropocentricism.It was divided into fourperiods, Those were the Elizabethan Age (1558–1603), the Jacobean Age (1603–1625), the Caroline Age (1625–1649), and the Commonwealth Period (1649–1660). -
1521
Edmund Spenser (1521/1531-1599)
Edmund Spenser was born in 1521 or 1531, he was an English poet known for his work he Faerie Queene en ho, alienated the Tudors and Queen Elizabeth, he is known as one of the artisans of modern English poem and one of the greatest English poets. , died in 1599 -
1558
The Elizabeth Period (1558-1603)
It was the golden Age of English drama, its noteworthy figures include Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, and, of course, William Shakespeare. -
1558
Thomas Hobbes (1558-1679)
Thomas Hobbes was born in 1558, he was an English philosopher, his well-known work is Leviatan, he also worked in other fields such as geometry, theology and physics, he died in 1799. -
1561
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Francis Bacon was born in 1561, he was an English philosopher, lawyer and writer known for philosophical works such as The Advancement of Knowledge (1605), and Novum organum, He died in 1626. -
1564
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Christopher Marlowe fue bautizado en 1564, poeta dramaturgo y pensador inglés, populariz{o elverso balnco y fe el gtan predecesorde Shakespeare, viajo a Reims como espia de la reina y a su regreso a Londres se incorporó a la compañía de teatro del conde de Nottingham, murio en 1593 -
1564
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare was born in 1564, he was an English poet, actor and playwright known as the greatest writer of English literature and not one of the most famous in the world, his most famous works were Halmelt, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear, he died in 1616 -
1577
Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Robert Buerton was born in 1577, he was a professor at the University of Oxford, known for his essay the anatomy of melancholy, he died in 1640 -
George Herbert (1593-1633)
George Herbert was born in 1593, he was an English poet, speaker and priest, his best known work is Alo over forty years, he also wrote extraordinary religious poems, all his works were located under the name of The Temple, he died in 1633g -
The Jabean Age (1603-1625)
It was named in honor of King James I of England, the most well-known names were John Donne, Shakespeare, Michael Drayton, John Webster, Elizabeth Cary, Ben Jonson, and Lady Mary Wroth. The bible that bears the monarch's name was also unveiled -
Jhon Milton (1608-1674)
John Milton was born in 1608, he was an English poet and essayist, his best known pema is paradise lost, he served as an official of the Commonwealth of England, his essays were consulted to prepare the Constitution of the United States, he died in 1674. -
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
Thomas Fuller baptized in 1608, was a historian and member of the Church of England, his best known works are the stories of the crusades and the history of the Holly Warre, he died in 1661 -
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
Andrew Marvell was born in 1621, he was a poet writer, satirist and British parkamentarian, he was not recognized as a personal poet if as a satirist, he was an assistant to Jhon Milton, among his most famous poems is Coy Mistress, he also wrote satires as last instructions to a painter where he shows his antm0nanrchic position, in the book miscelaneas de una poestia this scythian is his work, he died in 1678 -
The Caroline Age (1625-1649)
The Carolina era was named in honor of King Charles I of England, son of James, during this period there was friction between the king and the Parliament, but there were advances in the sciences, the arts and literature, the most named names were John Milton, Robert Burton, and George Herbert. -
The Comonwalth Period (1649-1660)
The Commonwealth of England was the republican period of this nation from 1649 to 1660 when Charles II came to power. In this period there was a decline of the theater but I persevered prose with writers such as John Milton and Thomas Hobbes ’political writings appeared and, while drama suffered, prose writers such as Thomas Fuller, Abraham Cowley, and Andrew Marvell -
Th restoration Age (1660–1700)
this age was given as a response to Puritanism, the restoration coedies or manner comedies were very popular, also the satire too becomes quite a popular, the renames'' writers were William Congreve, John Dryden, ess of Samuel Butler. Other notable writers of the age include Aphra Behn, John Bunyan, and John Locke. -
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The Neoclassical Period (1660–1785)
The neoclassical period was an era that spanned around 150 years was characterized by attempting to recur the philosophical values and the cult of reason, The Neoclassical period is also subdivided into ages, including The Restoration (1660-1700), The Augustan Age (1700 –1745), and The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785). -
Jonathan Swift (1667-1744)
Jonathan Swift was born in 1667 he was an Irish satirical writer, his most famous prayer is Gulliver's travels, where he makes a criticism of human society, he belonged to the scriblerus club, he died in 1745 -
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Alexander Pope was born in 1688, he was an English poet, one of the most recognized of the eighteenth century noted for his translations of Homer, his edition of Shakespeare's plays and his satirical poetry, he was a dominant figure in Augusta poetry, he belonged to the satirical club Scriblerus club, he died in 1744. -
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
Mary Montagu was born in 1689, she was an aristocracy apart from a writer, her best known work is The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and other poems, Mary died in 1689 -
The Augustan Age (1700–1745)
Wsa the time of Alexander Pope and Jhonatan Sawitf two imiter of fitrst Augustans and even drew parallels between themselves and the first set. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu a poet was noted in this time, aniel Defoe was also popular. -
Samuel Jhonson (1709-1784)
Samuel Johnson is one of the most important literary figures in England, he was born in 1709, he was a poet, lexicologist, essayist and biographer, Jhonson had a unique and incomparable style for his prose, some of his most famous works are; Life of Richard Savage and A Dictionary of the English Language. -
Edmunde Burke (1729-1797)
Edmund Burke nacio en 1729, fue un escritor filósofo y pliico padre de la liberacion conservadora, su obra mas conocida es Vindication of Natural Society: A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind destacando su teoria politica radical, murio en 1797. -
Daniel Defoe (1561-1731)
Daniel Foe, better known as Daniel Defoe, was born in 1659 or 1661, he was an English journalist and pampletist writer, worldly recognized for his work Robinson Crusoe, he was recognized for being one of the pioneers of the novel and the economic press, he died in 1731. -
Edward Emily Gibbon (1731-1794)
Edward Emily Gibbon was born in 1731, he was a modern British historian considered one of the greatest of all times, known for his magnum opus The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has influenced until the present, he died in 1794. -
Hester Thrale (1741-1821
Hester Lynch Thrale was born in 1741, she was a Welsh writer, she traveled throughout Europe, she was the protector of artists with Samuel Jhonson, she died in 1821 -
The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785)
Sometimes referred to as the Age of Johnson, Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon, Hester Lynch Thrale, James Boswell, and, of course, Samuel Johnson. -
William Blake (1757-1827)
William Blake was born in 1757, he was a British painter, poet and printmaker, although he was anonymous, his work is highly appreciated today, among his best-known works are all religions are one and there is no natural religion, he died in 1827 . -
william Worksworth (1770-1850)
William Wordsworth was born in 1770, he was a great British poet, with Coleridge they created the book lyrical ballads, contributing to the romantic era in England, he was the poet laureate of England from 1843 until his death in 1850. -
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in 1772, he was a British poet recognized for being one of the authors of romantic ballads, the book with which the romantic movement began in England, he was a lakista portal, his best known works are Rimeof the Ancient Mariner and Kubla khan as well as his prose work Biographia literaria, he died in 1834 -
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The Romantic Period (1785–1832)
The debate around the beginning of English Roanticism is very intense, some believe that it was immediately after the era of sensitivity, others with the French revolution in 1789 and others with the publication of the book Lyrical Ballad by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
the most important writers were Wordsworth, Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Charles Lamb, Mary Wollstonecraft, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas De Quincey, Jane Austen, and Mary Shelley. -
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, he was a romantic poet, due to his scandalous life and his physical attractiveness he was a celebrity in England, he wrote many poems including this one: idle hours, the pilgrimages of Childe Harold, the site of Corinthian among others, Lord Byron died in 1824. -
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
Mary Shelley was born in 1797, faith poet, essayist, playwright and British philosopher, she married Percy Bysshe Shelley, her most famous work is Frankenstain or the modern Prometheus, she died in 1851 -
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in 1806, she was an outstanding writer for her poetry, she campaigned for the abolition of slavery and her work influenced the teaching of children, she also influenced Edgar Allam Poe, her best known ov¿bra is the Portuguese sonnets. and Aurora Leigh, she died in 1861. -
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, born in 1809 was an English poet and playwright belonging to postmodernism, most of his work is inspired by the Middle Ages, he tried to write drama without success, he was a poet laureate during the reign of Queen Victoria, some of his works are Timbuktu and Claribel, he died in 1892 -
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in 1812, he was a journalist writer, he created one of the best known characters in the world and is considered the best novelist of the Victorian era, he married Catherine Thompson Hogarth but they had fun after 22 years of marriage His greatest works were made as weekly deliveries, we highlight David Coperfield and Oliver Twist among others, he died in 1870 -
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1885)
Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816, she was an English novelist sister of the novelists Emily and Anna, after the death of her mother she moved with her sisters to the colleague of Clergy Daughters where two of her sisters die of tuberculosis, her most famous work is Jane Eyre, ela dies in 1885 -
Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
Emily Bronte was born in 1818, she was an English novelist well remembered for her novel Cumre Borrascosa, a true classic of English romantic literature, this was published under the name of Ellis Bell to avoid the machismo of the time, she died in 1848. -
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Christina Rossetti was born in 1830, she was a British poet, the most important of her country in the 19th century, she was engaged twice but failed in love, her most famous work is Goblin Market and Other Poems, she died in 1894 -
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The Victorian period (1832-1901)
This period bears the name of Queen Victoria from 1832 until her death in 1901, it was a time of much religious political and economic tendency, it is divided into early, middle and late. Some poets of the time were Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Lord Tennyson among others, on the other hand the rose let see Charles Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Bronte as well as others very well known. -
George Bernard Shaw (1956-1950)
George Bernard ShaW was born in 1856, he was an Irish poet, playwright and critic, he wrote more than 60 theatrical pieces among which we have man and superman, Pygmalion or Santa Juana won an Oscar in 1929 for the adaptation of his work Pygmalion, he died in 1950. -
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
Joseph Conrad was born in 1857, he was a Polish novelist who adopted English as a literary language, his works let us see the instability of the human being, he is considered one of the greatest English language novelists, among his best known works are madness d Almayer and the heart of darkness, he died in 1924 -
James Barrie (1860-1937)
James Barrie was born in 1860, British novelist, he was known for creating the character of Peter Pan basadi in children Llewelyn Davies, the character of Peter appeared for the first time in 1901 with the book of the little white bird, he was diagnosed with dwarfism, he was married But he was amused by lack of love between the couple or because he was looking for a mother, not a wife, he died in 1937. -
Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962)
Ralph Hodgson was born in 1871, he was a very famous poet in his life but a piece known as the bull, he was one of the pastoral Gregorian poets, he received the award of the queen's horo medal in poetry in 1954, Ralph died in 1962 -
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
William Butler Yeats was born in 1865, he was an Irish poet and playwright wrapped in a halo of mysticism, he was one of the founders of the Abbey Theater, he was also awarded the Novel Prize for literature in 1926, some of his notable works were Mosada and La Countess Catheleen he died in 1939 -
WH Davies (1871-1940)
William Henry Davies was born in 1871, he was a Welsh poet and writer, he spent his life as a vagabond in England and the United States, his works are based on the difficulties of life, human conditions, his adventures as a vagrant and friends street, among his best known works is the soul destroyer and other poems, how it feels to be without work and the adventures of Jhonny Walker, died in 1940 -
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
Ford Madox Ford was born in 1873 his real name was Ford Hermann Hueffer but he changed in honor of his grandfather, English novelist and publisher, his best known work is the good soldier set in the years before the first world war in which tells the life of two "perfect couples" he dies in 1939 -
John Masefield
John Masefield was born in 1878 English poet and writer, poet laureate from 1930 to 1967, among his best known works are The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems The Everlasting Mercy and "Sea-Fever, he died in 1967 -
Alfred Noyes (1880-1958)
Alfred Noyes was born in 1880, he was an English poet known mainly for his ballads The Highwayman (The Highwayman, 1906) and The Barrel Organ. He married Garnett Daniels, published his first book The Loom Years at age 21, he died in 1958. -
Virginia Woolf 1882-1941)
Adeline Virginia Woolf was born in 1882, was an English modernist writer considered one of the greatest of modernism, a pioneer of the current of consciousness, her best known works are Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), ela dies in 1941. -
D.H. Lawrence (1885-7930)
David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885, English writer and poet, his writings represented the dehumanization of industrialization, Lawrece explores themes such as sexuality, vitality and instinct, his best works include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover, he dies in 1930 -
William Empson
William Empson was born in 1908, English poet and literary critic recognized for carefully reading literary works a proactive of the new criticism was recognized for his work Six types of ambiguity of 1930, he died in 1894 -
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
Rupert Brooke was born in 1887 he was an English poet known for his war sonnets, tamvie was known for his youthful appearance which led W B Yeats to affirm that Broke was the most handsome in England, he died in 1915 -
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born in 1894, he was an English writer and philosopher, he wrote more than 50 books both novels and non-fiction works, non-fiction works and essays, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, one of his most noted works was a happy world , he died in 1963. -
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The Edwardian Period (1901–1914)
This period spans from the reign of King Edward VII to the outbreak of the first world war, although it is very short, it includes novelists such as Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford, poets such as Alfred Noyes and William Butler, and playwrights such as James Barrie and George Bernard Shaw. -
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El período georgiano (1910-1936)
The Georgian period refers to the reign of George V, (1910-1936), it was a short period and not with much relevance, however it houses poets such as Ralph Hodgson, John Masefield, WH Davies and Rupert Brooke, today's Georgian poetry is only works of minor poets anthologized by Edward Marsh, lacking passion and experimentation. -
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The Modern Period
The modern period is applied mainly to works after the beginning of the Second World War, the caaceristicas of the prose, the narrative and the drama have many characteristics in common, stand out names like Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley and D.H. Lawrence, criticism also stood out with writers such as Eliot, William Empson and others -
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
John Anthony Burgess Wilson was born in 1917, he was an English novelist, his best known work is a clockwork orange, however he wrote comics in fact if he started his career, he wrote scripts and librettos including the series Jesus of Nazareth, he died in 1993. -
Joseph Heller (1923-1999)
Joseph Heller was born in 1923, American author of novels, stories and scripts, his best known work is the novel Catch 22, a satire on war and buricracia, he also wrote something that happened and as good as gold, he died in 1999. -
John Fowles (1926-2005)
John Fowles was born in 1926, he was an English novelist critically positioned between the two periods of the twentieth century, after leaving the university he moved to a Greek list where he taught English, there he is inspired to create his magnum opus The Magus, the books of Fowles have been adapted for film and translated into many languages, he died in 2005. -
Penelope M. Lively(1933_...)
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively nacio en 19333, es una escritora britanca para niños y adultos, ganado el Premio Booker ( Moon Tiger) y la Medalla Carnegie por libros infantiles británicos ( El fantasma de Thomas Kempe). -
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The postmodern period (1945-2010)
The postmodern period begins after the Second World War, some say that it is the answer to modernism and that it ended in 1990 but I would think that it is too early to end the era, bear in mind that some authors wrote this time and in modernism we have two twin epochs, however we have authors such as Joseph Heller, Anthony Burgess, John Fowles and Penelope M. Lively
