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When Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate to the Germanic warlord Odoacer is cosidered as the fall of the great Roman empire in the West
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Probably wrote in the 18th century
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The Norman Conquest led by William I established the French-speaking ruling class in Enlgand. After years.
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The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne.
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This was one of the first intances that the Black Death was in Europe. Many people in England dies because of the presence of this horrible and mortal disease.
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The Peasants' Revolt, was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England. People's uprising briefly took control of London before being suppressed.
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Written by Geofrey Chaucer
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One early demonstration of the minlitary power and superiority that Engald had in previous centuries.
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This event reminds me of the archaic, cruel, evil methods of "justice" used centuries ago.
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This was a war between two branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York, for the throne of England. Even though no roses where used at all, it is called like that because their heraldic symbols were a "red" and "white" rose respectively.
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I would think that this is one of the most important evenst for the Literature of the World! Whithout it, poets would have had to write many books and poems by themselves!
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Written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Caxton
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The Accession of Henry VII inaugurates the Tudor dynasty as well as the 16th century.
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Michaelangelo paints one of the most famous paintings in history. "Mona Lisa"
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This Michaelangelo's masterpiece, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art, and it contains nine scenes from the Book of Genesis like the Creation of Adam.
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The Ninety-Five Theses, was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences.
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Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire, and was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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After the death of Henry VIII, he was crowned at the age of nine.The transformation of the Anglican Church into a recognisably Protestant body occurred under Edward, who took great interest in religious matters.
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The Second Desmond rebellion was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions launched against English rule in Ireland. We can see the military and ruling power England at that time.
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Once again, the naval power of England was very superior to those of other countries. In 1588, England crushed the Spanish navy and forced it to retreat.
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Written by Edmund Spenser
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With five ships and their complements of sailors, Sir Walter Raleigh set out on his first known expedition to America. He was looking for Gold. But, even im his las voyage in 1617 he failed to find any.
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The Globe Theater built in 1599 by Shakespeare, but was destroyed by fire on 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997. It is an iconic structure for English poetry
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Written by Christopher Marlowe
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Written by Sir Walter Ralegh
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This was just another instance were Britain was struck by the Black Death, and killed about 38,000 Londoners. Sadly, this same plague was also present in the 14th and 18th century as well.
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The play "Hamlet" contains one of the most quoted phases of all times; "To be or not to be."
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This was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England, by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. I remember we studied this during class, and I think is funny that the plan was sabotaged!
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Written by William Sakespeare
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In the middle of a lost world full of wars, revolts, revolutions, murder and all the terrible human actions that have marked our past, I find very significant to find men like Galileo that invest their time and mind in exploring and understanding more about God's creation.
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Writtn by Aemilia Lanyer; includes "To the Doubtful Reader" and "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women"
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The first authorized version of the Christian Bible was first printed in 1611, and is one of the most common versions used these days.
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Written by Sir Walter Ralegh
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Written by Ben Jonson; includes "To My Book," "On My First Daughter," "To John Donne," and "On My First Son."
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In April 1616, died one of the greatest poets that has ever lived. We read some of his sonnets in class and he was author of "Hamlet," a great tragic play.
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This was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and it fought largely as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Written by Ben Jonson
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Written by John Milton
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Written by John Donne
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Written by John Donne; includes "The Flea"
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Written by George Herbert; includes "The Altar," "Redemption," "Easter Wings," "Jordan," "The Collar," "The Pulley," "The Flower," and "Love."
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Written by John Milton
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Written by John Milton; includes "L'Allegro," and "Il Penseroso."
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Written by Richard Lovelace; includes "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars," and "To Althea, from Prison."
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Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue, and he was executed because he was seen as a tyrannical absolute monarch. This event led England to the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth.
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Comwell was an English military and political leader of Engladand. He was appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland during the Interregnum after Charles I was executed in 1649.
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After his father, Oliver Cromwell died, Richard was named as the second protector of England. The restoration period started when he fell from the power and Charles II restored the monarchy.
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Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, and Oliver Cromwell became a virtual dictator of England as a de facto republic. After Charles II spent nine years in exile in France, he he was received in London to public acclaim, and the monarchy was restored. This event maks the restoration period.
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This was another very sad moment for London. After the Black Death had passed, he Great Plague was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in London.
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After the Great Plague was almost eradicated, fire stuck and destroyed the central part of London. After this incident, John Dryden wrote "London After the Great Fire, 1666."
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Written by John Dryden
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This event confirst John Dryden's skills as a poet. We aslo read his satyrical peom "Mac Flecknoe."
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Written by Andrew Marvell; includes "To His Coy Mistress," "The Definition of Love," "The Mower to the Glowworms," and "The Mower's Song."
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Written by John Dryden
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Written by John Dryden
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Written by Jonathan Swift
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With this act, he Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united into a single, united kingdom named "Great Britain."
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Written by Jonathan Swift
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Written by Alexander Pope
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Written by Jonathan Swift
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William Hogarth
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Written by Alexander Pope
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William Hogarth
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Alexander Pope is one of my favorite British poets. And his "Essay on Critisism" is my favorite poem so far! Probably the best poet that ever lived!
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It is a very weird, but funny poet of the 18th century. He wrote "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal" (Which we should probably consider in Mexico).
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Written by Samuel Johnson
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Written by Samuel Johnson
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In this great war that included several powerful continets, Great Britain was involved and had several issues with Spain and France.
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He was the grandson of King George II. He suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. In 1810, regency was established, and his eldest son, ruled as Prince Regent.
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This was the result of the American revolution in order to break free from the British Empire, and was just one of a series of military conflicts involving the kingdom of Great Britain.
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This political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, led to several political events and wars involving Great Britain.
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Written by Samuel Johnson
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We read the Rambler No. 4 (On Fiction) of this Romantic Period Poet.
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Written by William Blake
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Written by William Blake; includes the "Introduction," "The Lamb," "The Chimney Sweeper," and "Holy Thursday."
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Written by Robert Burns
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Written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It also had a second (1800) and third edition (1802).
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One more military conflic for Great Britain. This is also another event that marks the Romantic period for having several revolutions, wars and kingdom related conflicts.
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Written by William Blake; includes the "Introduction," "Holy Thursday," "The Chimney Sweeper," "The Tyger," and "London."
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Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Written by William Wordsworth.
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Written by William Wordsworth; includes "She dwelt among the untrodden ways," "Three years she grew," "A slumber did my spirit seal," and "I travelled among unknown men."
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This victory confirmed the naval supremacy that Britain had established during the previous century and the Royal Navy was never again seriously challenged by the French fleet in a large-scale engagement.
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Britain, along with the US (1808), Mexico (1810), and Haiti (1804), abolishes slavery and gives one step foward into a more modern and free country.
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George III, who started to reighn in 1760, suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George III's eldest son, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent.
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The great war of 1812 involved Britain once again in a military conflict. This was one more result of the American Revolution.
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Written by Lord Byron
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Written by Lord Byron
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Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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After about 10 years of being the prince regent, George III's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, succeeded his father as George IV.
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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John Keats was one of the main romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. After his death, he had become one of the most beloved of all England.
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We read Byrons poem "She Walks in Beauty."
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Written by Lord Byron
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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Written by Robert Browning.
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With the introduction of the railroad, London was able to expand its comerce and transpotation, and have an extra boost in its economy.
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Her reign of 63 years and seven months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history, is known as the Victorian era.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Written by Robert Browning.
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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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The so-called "ten hour movement", led mostly by members of the Anglican Church, rallied public support for the Bill. Many different groups supported the act, including many Quakers.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by John Keats.
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Written by Elizabeth Barreti Browning.
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This icon of the British literature, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with his Lyrical Ballads.
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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Written by Robert Browning.
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The east was not the only part of the world that had serious problems, in 1861 the American Civil War started, and was a very sad dividing moment for the US.
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After Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gothaplunging, Queen Victoria's first cousind and later husband, died, he punged the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life.
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The canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea allowing transportation and commerce between Europe and Asia. Another boost to the economy of both continents.
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Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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Londons starts to grow economicaly and needs more transportation. London continues to develop itself.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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Written by thomas Hardy; includes "Hap," and "Neutral Tones."
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One big discovery for the development of new technologies. It is one more of the events welcoming the 20th century!
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Written by Thomas Hardy.
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This is a clear example of how the 20th century is marked by huge technological advancements.
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After 63 long years of reigning England, Queen Victoria leaves the throne for Edward VII, and gives an end to the Victorian century.
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Written by G. K. Chesterton.
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Written by G. K. Chesterton.
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Written by G. K. Chesterton.
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Written by G. K. Chesterton.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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T. S. Elio's famous poem,"The Waste Land," was publishes in 1922 during George V's reign.
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Written by D. H. Lawrence.
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Written by Thomas Hardy.
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Written by Thomas Hardy.
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This is a very clear reflection of the change that society was going thrugh and it was also reflected in the literary works written during and after World War I
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Written by T. S. Eliot.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins; icludes "God's Grandeur," "The Windhover," "Pied Beauty," "Hurrahing in Harvest," "Felix Randal," "Spring and Fall: to ayoung child," "Carrion Comfort," "No worst, there is none," "I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day," and "Thou art indeed just, Lord."
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Written by D. H. Lawrence.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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The Treaty of Versailles was one of the many treaties signed after World War I, reflecting a desire of peace and order during the early thwentieth century.
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Written by T.S. Eliot
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Written by T. S. Eliot.
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One more example of Britain's latest develoments to become richer and more developed.
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Not only there are technological advancements, but also sociological ones.This is a clear picturo of how society is chnaging the way it looks at women.
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Once again, things were getting worse around the world and the great depression is a good indication of it.
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Written by G. K. Chesterton.
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Written by Dylan Thomas.
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After the Great depresion began, Hitler came to power and things began to get even worse. All these events helping to the burst of a new World War!
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Written by W. H. Auden.
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Written by W. H. Auden.
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Written by William Butler Yeats.
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Written by W. H. Auden.
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Written by W. H. Auden.
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In the very same century, a second World Wars took place, and was the inspiration for many literary poems all arround the globe.
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A sermon preached in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford,Autumn, 1939
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Written by W. H. Auden.
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Written by T. S. Eliot.
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Written by Dylan Thomas.
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Even though the 20th century is marked by 2 World Wars, it is also replete of many technologycal advancements that revolutioned human kind, and the apollo, is one great example of it.
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Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. In England the Viking Age began dramatically on 793 when Vikings destroyed the abbey on Lindisfarne.
