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History of English Literature

  • 731

    Bede period

     Bede period
    He was a monk that founded the first kind of literature in England.
  • 800

    Beowulf

    Beowulf
    An interesting Germanic literature work that tales the achievements of a hero in England.
  • 950

    eddas

    eddas
    It is a Nordic material relating to the different Iceland facts, majority of different poems.
  • 1300

    Duns Scoto

    Duns Scoto
    This man was recognized by his subtlety way of thinking in his writings.
  • 1340

    william of ockham

    william of ockham
    He was a mock philosopher English man that dedicates his whole life to extreme poverty.
  • 1375

    King Arthur poem green night

    King Arthur poem green night
    King Arthur was recognized as a character who fought for justice. Furthermore, his plot is about being a good leader at any time.
  • 1387

    Chaucer

    Chaucer
    Chaucer was who wrote the Canterbury Tales.
  • 1469

    thomas malory

    thomas malory
    This author was who wrote the death of King Arthur.
  • 1524

    william tyndale

    william tyndale
    After his studies, he planned to traduce the holy bible into the English language.
  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare
    This famous author did the prestigious book hamlet.
  • Romantic and gothic literature of the 1800

    Romantic and gothic literature of the 1800
    John Keats by w. Wordsworth, Charles Dickens with his social criticism. Gothic horror and gothic fiction.
  • From the late 1800s to the present

    From the late 1800s to the present
    Detective fiction, sherlock Holmes series. By Arthur Conan Doyle.
  • beginings of modernism

    beginings of modernism
    Modernism and stream of consciousness. James Joice and Virginia Woolf.
  • forties

    forties
    Dystopian novels of George Orwell. J.R.R.Tolkien´s the hobbit and the lord of the rings.
  • Modernism and Post modernism

    Modernism and Post modernism
    J.K. Rowling. Harry potter. One of the most famous author's books.