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BEOWULF: Greatest and first old english poem written by unknown author
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-Works frequently of a religiously didactic content.
-Geofrey chaucer "the canterbury tales" -
-Influence of Aristotle, Ovid, as well as science and exploration.
-William Shakespeare,Christopher Marlowe, Jhon Fletcher etc.
-Primarily texts for public performance -
The monarchy was restored in england, Dryden was the representative writer of this period
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Britain experienced vast social, political, economical and existencial changes, representatives autor such as montagu, finch, jhonson.
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-William blake includes his poem "jerusalen" in the preface to his book MILTON.
-Charles Dickens first´ novel, Oliver Twist begins monthly publication -
-Named for the reign of quen victoria, britain´s longest reigning monarch.
-literature seems as a bridge between romanticism and modernism. -
-Beatrix potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit. -Agata Christie´s miss marple makes her fis appearance, in Murder of the Vicarage -Flann o´ brien´s The Third Policeman is rejected by numerous publishers before becoming, decades later, his best- known novel
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-English author and alcoholic Malcolm Lowry publishes an autobiographical novel, Under the Volcano. -Politician and Author Winston Churchill completes his six-volume history The Second World War -The Amber Spyglass completes Philip pullman´s trilogy, his "Dark Materials"
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-The film series of C.S. lewis´s Chronicles of Narnia is launched wih the Lion,The Witch and the Wardrobe.
-The Nobel Peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos. -Michael schumacher becomes the first driver to win seven world championships titles in formula one
