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Edo Period of Japan
The period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional Daimyo. -
Tartuffe
One of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière. The main characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Valère are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles. -
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The Age of Enlightenment
A cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. Its purpose was to reform society using reason, to challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and to advance knowledge through the scientific method. -
The Love Suicides at Amijima
Written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. This play was a new genre he pioneered called the "contemporary-life play". The play is based off a recent act of double suicide, which was the first time such scandalous contemporary event depicted on the puppet theater stage. -
A Modest Proposal
Written by Jonathon Swift. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for the rich.This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general. -
Qur'an
George Sales publishes the first English translation of the Qur'an. -
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"Literary inquisition"
"Literary inquisition" in China by the Manchu Qing Dynasty -
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Seven Years War
It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. -
Candide
Written by Voltaire, this novel is a french satire.Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. -
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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U.S. War of Independence
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The U.S, Declaration of Independence
Thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as 13 newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. -
What is Enlightenment?
Written by Immanuel Kant in 1784. -
French Revolution begins
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German Folktale: The Three Spinners
Written by the Grimm brothers in 1790. -
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
Written by William Wordsworth in 1798. -
U.S. Slave Spirituals and Secular Songs
Published by Richard Allen in 1801. -
Faust Part 1
Written by Goethe in 1808, -
Pride and Prejudice
Written by Jane Austen in 1813. -
Irish Folktale: A Donegal Fairy
Written by William Butler Yeats in 1825. -
"World literature"
Goethe coins the phrase "world literature". -
Ode on Intimations of Immortality
Written by William Wordsworth. -
Young Goodman Brown
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835. -
Irish Folktale: The Brewery of Egg-Shells
Compiled by Thomas Crofton Croker in 1842. -
Wuthering Heights
Written by Emily Bronte in 1847. -
The Communist Manifesto
Written by Marx and Engels in 1848. -
The Origin of Species
Written by Charles Darwin in 1859. -
The Death of Ivan Illyich
Written by Leo Tolstoy in 1886. -
We Are Seven
Written by William Wordsworth in 1888. -
English Folktale: Tom Tit Tot
Written by Joseph Jacobs in 1890. -
Seperate Ways
Written by Ichiyo Higuchi in 1894. -
All Stories Are Anansi's
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Annancy, Monkey, and Tiger
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Brer Rabbit and Aunt Nancy
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Wright brothers invent the powered airplane.
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Tonight I Can Write
Written by Pablo Neruda in 1924. -
Walking Around
Written by Pablo Neruda in 1933. -
I'm Explaining a Few Things
Written by Pablo Nervuda in 1936. -
U.S. Slave Story: All God's Chillen Had Wings
Told by Caesar Grant, written by Eugiene Oneill. -
The Story of the Stone
A novel by Barry Hughart, first published in 1988. It is part of a series set in a version of ancient China that began with Bridge of Birds and continues with Eight Skilled Gentlemen. -
Heart of Darkness
Written in 1899 by Joseph Conrad.
