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THE VENERABLE BEDE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
The venerable Bede (beda) write and finished the history of the Engish church, he was an expert in history and religion. Beda has the Title " the father of the English History" -
Period: 731 to 1300
Begin the history (VIII - XIV)
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950
INFLUENCE OF THE EDDAS
The material of the Eddas, first to influence in Iceland, was influence from Norway, Britain and Burgundy (Borgoña - Francia) -
Period: 1300 to 1469
Century XIV - XV
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Period: 1343 to 1400
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
One of the four yeoman of the Edwards III´s chamber, this person write some famous poems like TROILUS AND CRISEIDE, and begin the 100 CANTERBURY TALES, but only made 24, he died in 1400. -
1367
WILL, THE NARRATOR
His name could be form Langland, begins the epic poem of PIERS PLOWMAN -
1375
POEM SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
This famous poem talk about a misterious visitor to the round table of king Arthur -
1469
THOMAS MALORY
He was jailed in England, in this moment Malory compiles MORTE D´ ARTHUR, an English account of the French tales of king Arthur -
Period: 1469 to 1510
Century XV - XVI
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1510
WILLIAM TYNDALE
Tyndale wanted tranlate the Bible to english, for this reason studies in the university at Wittenberg -
Period: 1510 to
Century XVI - XVII
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1567
TRANSLATE OF THE WORD OF GOD
On 1567 the book of common prayer an the new Testament are published in eglish, in the city of Welsh. later in 1588 is published the Bible complete. -
THE BIBLE
The Bible is published in english completely -
EDMUND SPENCER
Celebrates the protestant Elizabeth I, as the FAERIE QUENEE -
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The central charactaer in Hamlet expresses both the ideals of the Renaissance and desillusion of a less confident age -
Period: to
Century XVII - XVIII
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The sonnets he wrote 10 years ago are published finally. -
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND JOHN SMITH
While john published A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND product of his exploration in 1614, William Shakespeare died in New Place. -
SHAKSPEARE PLAYS
Jhon Heminge and Henry Condell publish 36 plays of Shakespeare in the First Folio. -
ANNE BRADSRTEET
The poems of this author are published in London with the title THE TENTH MUSE LATELY SPRUNG UP AMERICA. -
JOHN LOCKE
Was published his essay CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, arguing that all the knowledge is based in the experience -
AGE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
This era start to grow with the flowering of Augustus Caesar -
Period: to
Century XVIII - XIX
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DANIEL DEFOE
ROBINSON CRUSOE, the novel of Daniel Defoe, has detailed realism, for this reason is considered like the first english novel -
JONATHAN SWIFT
Start his series with travels with a little satiric mode in the Gulliver´s travels -
SAMUEL RICHARDSON
Begins the correspondence that grows into the longest novel in the english language -
THOMAS GREY
Publishes his ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD -
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A group of gentleman in the city of Scotland start to publicate the most immensely succesfull information´s book named Enciclopaedia Britannica -
EDWARD GIBBON
A english historian named Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE -
LEWIS CARROL
Publishes his second story of Alice´s adventures, TRHOUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. -
THOMAS PAINE
This man publishes the first part of the RIGHTS OF MAN, that like consecuence of Burke´s reflections about the revolution in France -
WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE
2 english poets, both published the LIRICAL BALLADS, a famous work in the Romantic movement -
WILLIAM BLAKE
Write his book MILTON where he put a poem named JERUSALEM. -
Period: to
Century XIX - XX
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JANE AUSTEN
Was published her second novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. it was based in the work FIRST IMPRESSIONS to 1797 -
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
He published his best - known poem, OZYMANDIAS -
CHARLES DICKENS
With 12 years old, start to work on a boot-blacking factory -
CHARLES DICKENS
With 24 years old start to publish monthly his first work of fiction, PICKWICK PAPERS, later in 1837 is published in a book. and then, on 1838 is published also on a book his work OLIVER TWIST. -
FRIEDRICH ENGELS
After to see the difficult conditions of the workers in a textile factory, start and publish THE CONDITTION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN ENGLAND. -
CHARLES DICKENS
Start to publish monthly his favorite work, DAVID COPPERFIELD -
CHARLES DARWIN
After 20 years of investigation, present the theory of evolution in the ORIGIN OF SPECIES. -
CHARLES DICKENS
Publishes his novel about the French revolution, A TALE OF TWO CITIES. -
CHARLES DICKENS
Begins serial publication of his novel GREAT EXPECTATIONS, later in 1861, was published in a book. -
HENRY WOOD
He publishes his work EAST LYNNE, this novel come to be the basic and popular work for all the Victorian melodramas -
SAMUEL CLEMENS (MARK TWAIN)
Mark Twain was th pseudinym of Samuel Clemens, that was to publishfor the first time an article of the VIRGINIA CITY´S TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE -
MATHEW ARNOLD
Publishes his work CULTURE AND ANARCHY, comes to be a very popular and influential essay in the cotemporary society -
PRAGMATISM
Pragmatisim emerges like a philosofical approach in the meetings of the metaphisical club in CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. -
MARK TWAIN
Publishes the story THE AVENTURES OF TOM SAWER, it´s about a child tom and his friends in a samll city on the Mississippi. -
LEW WALLACE
Publishes the historical novel: BEN-HUR A TALE OF THE CHRIST. -
MARK TWAIN
Publishes the next story after the adventures of Tom Sawer, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a tom sawer´s friend. -
OXFORD
The Oxfod university publishes the A volume of the NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY, the dictionary take 37 years to finish all the content until Z -
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Introduces a dual personality in his novel THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE. -
OSCAR WILDE
Publishes the famous novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, where the picture of the youthful hero started to chanche to be an old and ugly face. -
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Who founds THE NATIONAL LITERARY SOCIETY in Dublin, the first president was douglas hyde. -
RUDYARD KIPLING
Author of THE JUNGLE BOOK, it´s about a child named Mowgli who start to have adventures with a vivid animals guardians in the jungle. -
BRAM STOKER
An english author who publishes his first popular novel, DRACULA, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania. -
FRANK BAUM
Introduces new characters on his work, for example children to Oz, in his book THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ -
Period: to
Century XX - XIX
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BEATRIX POTTER
Publishes THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT -
WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDRT DU BOIS
Publishes PRINCIPIA ETHICA, an attempt to apply logic to the ethics -
THOMAS DIXON
Present the popular novel THE CLANSMAN, in this novel is presented the KU KUX KLAN like heroic people. -
EDNA ST VINCENT MILLAYS
A university student who published a little poem, who come to be a great published collection, the title is RENASCENSE -
EDGAR BURROUGHS
The author of TARZAN, on this date was the first appereance of this novel TARZAN OF THE APES. -
VIRGINIA WOOLF
Was an english writer who publishes his first novel THE VOYAGE OUT. -
DAVID HERBERT LAURENCE
He moves to Sydney, and write the bulk of his novel KANGAROO -
SCOOT FITZGERALD
Publishes the famous novel THE GREAT GATSBY talk about a contemporary world where is hold by the crime with no laws. -
THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE
Make their first appereance POOH, PIGLET, EEYORE on WINNIE THE POOH. -
EDMUND WILSON
Who publishes the AXELS´S CASTLE, is a collection od essays about writers in the symbolist tradition -
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (C.S. LEWIS)
He was a British author, publishes a moral parable (story) about the problems confronting a trainee devil, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS. -
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT
Play MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL, this work has the first performance in the Canterbury cathedral. -
ALFRED JULES AYER
When he was 26 years old, produces a classic exposition of logical Positivism in his work LANGUAGE, TRUTH AND LOGIC. -
EDMUND WILSON
Disccuses the development of the socialism and the revolution culminating in Lenin and Trotsky, on his work TO THE FINLAND STATION -
EVELYN WAUGH
Publishes BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, a novel about a rich Catholic family in England between the wars -
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
Write a type of poem, ANNIE ALLEN, wich describes in narrative verse the life of a black girl in contemporary USA. -
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (C.S. LEWIS)
Gives the first glimpse of NARNIA, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. -
HANNAH ARENDT
A US philosopher who was born in German links Hitler's and Stalin's regimes in THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM -
IAN FLEMING
His first novel JAMES BOND, AGENT 007. CASINO ROYALE. -
WISTON CHURCHILL
Was a politician who completes his six volume history THE SECOND WORLD WAR. -
JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN
A british philologist who publishes the third and final volume of his world famous fantasy work THE LORD OF THE RINGS. -
JOHN KENETH GALBRAITH
A US economist who criticizes the wasteful modern consumerisim, on is work THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY -
CHARLES BUKOUSKI
A us poet, published th first of his big collections of poems FLOWER, FIRST AND BESTIAL WAIL. -
JANE JACOBS
A political activist, who publishes an influential polemic THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GRAT AMERICAN CITIES. -
DORIS LESSING
A british author who publishes an influential Feminist novel, THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK -
ROALD DAHL
Publishes a fantasy treat for a starving child, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. -
MALCOLM X
The life of Malcolm is published after his assassination, based on the interviews given to Alex Haley -
CARYL CHURCHILL
An english dramatist, produces her first play, OWNERS, in London -
PATRICK WHITE
The first Australian to win the Novel prize of Literature -
STHEPHEN KING
An US author who publishes CARRIE, the first of his famous and epics horror novel´s collections -
PETER SHAFFER
AMADEUS, the play about MOZART, has its premiere in London -
ROBERT PINSKY
Publishes an acclaimed verse translation, THE INFERNO OF DANTE -
TOM WOLFE
an US author who gives a point of view very gothic about new york in his novel THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. -
MICHAEL ONDAATJE
A canadian poet and novelist who publishes THE ENGLISH PATIENT. -
PHILLIP LEVINE
An US poet who wins a Pulitzer prize with his volume of poems SIMPLE TRUTH -
JOHANNE ROWLING (J.K. ROWLING)
A schoolboy wizard performs his first tricks in HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER´S STONE . -
PHILLIP PULLMAN
It´s published THE AMBER SPYGLASS the final work of the trilogy, HIS DARK MATERIALS.