Timeline of English Literature

  • First book
    731 BCE

    First book

    It had finished History of the English church and people.
  • Beowulf
    800

    Beowulf

    It was a work of Germanic Literature. It was a legend of the Scandinavian culture.
  • Ockam's razor
    1340

    Ockam's razor

    The philosopher William of Ockam wrotes about paring down arguments to their essentials like a tool to reach the knowledge.
  • Sir Gawain and the green knight
    1375

    Sir Gawain and the green knight

    This poem begun the series of the round table of King Arthur.
  • Shakespeare born
    1564

    Shakespeare born

    In this year William Shakespeare was born.
  • Locke

    Locke

    The renomed philoshoper John Lock had published The essay concerning human understanding. This is classical work of epistemology.
  • Berkeley

    Berkeley

    In this year the young philoshoper George Berkeley wrote his The principles oh human understanding. This is a feedback against the Locke's work.
  • Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    In this year appears the novel named Robinson Crusoe was wrote by Daniel Defoe.
  • Gulliver's travels

    Gulliver's travels

    In this year Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's travels. This is a great book. This is a satire.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica

    Encyclopaedia Britannica

    This is a great year because it begins the writing of this encyclopaedia.
  • Oliver twist

    Oliver twist

    Oliver Twist was wrote by Charles Dickens.
  • On the origin of species

    On the origin of species

    This theory was made by Charles Darwin. This is the result of twenty years of work.
  • The war of the worlds

    The war of the worlds

    This is a fictional novel wrote by H.G. Wells. It is about martians arrive and invade the earth.
  • Heart of darkness

    Heart of darkness

    This tale was wrote by Joseph Conrad. It is about his journey through the Congo
  • The economic consequences of the peace

    The economic consequences of the peace

    The economist J.M. Keynes wrote an attack the reparations demanded from Germany.
  • Agent 007

    Agent 007

    This is the Ian's Fleming first novel.
  • Charlie and the chocolate factory

    Charlie and the chocolate factory

    This is a novel by Robert Dahl.
  • A brief story of time

    A brief story of time

    S. Hawking wrote this book which helps to explain the cosmos.