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Period: 1450 to
Important Authors and Books in English
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1564
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
He lived during Renaissance.
Important works: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Midsummer's Night Dream.
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Jane Austen (1775-1817)
She lived during Romanticism.
Important works: Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility -
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
She invented the Gothic Novel during Romanticism.
Her most important work: Frankenstein
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Washington Irving (1783-1859)
North American writer and ambassador in Spain. One of the main figures of American Romanticism.
His most important work: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Tales of the Alhambra -
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
One of the most important writers during the Victorian Era.
His most relevant work: Oliver Twist -
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
He challenged Victorian morality.
He came from Ireland, he died in Paris.
His most important: The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Importance of Being Earnest -
Virginia Wolf (1882-1941)
She is one of the first novelist who wrote about Feminism.
Important works: Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse
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George Orwell (1903-1950)
His works belong to Mordernism Period.
He wrote: Farm Rebellion and 1984 -
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
North American Poet.
Important works: Lady Lazarus, The Bell Jar
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Salman Rushdie (1947-nowadays)
He is one of the main icons of Magic Realism.
He is known for having received a Fatwa and for having suffered an Islamic attack 2 years ago.
Some of his most important works: The Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children