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Old English period: Characterized by mostly medical, legal, and religious documents; old English was the period where the Anglo-Saxon people produced mostly epic poems.
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First great historic collection of religion in England.
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The first great work of english poetry.
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This is the era where English can be recognized as the language we have today. It was a secular period that saw the beginning literature without the involvement of gods or creeds.
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The first english written story about King Arthur.
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A form of oral literature with the use of music.
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Poems about farm animals acquiring heavenly powers.
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Poem about the Great Round Table.
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Compiles the narration that ended with the King Arthur's death.
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Also called the golden era for literature, it saw the works of Shakespeare and Milton; this period is characterized by the extensive use of playwrights.
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Based on christian values, writes a the philosophical reflection of humanism
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One of the greatest writers of english literature.
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This period was characterized by the plays of comedies and the use of satire. It is said to be the cradle era for novels, which led to the romantic period.
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A collection of poems dedicated to King Edward
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Famous with Locke and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
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The first Magisterial English Dictionary
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A period characterized by the ode to love and spiritual transcendence. English novels started having a more rigorous creation since critics and academics started seeing literature as more than a craft.
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A collection of poems where innocence is said to be the purest form of the soul
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A romantic novel characterized for the use of poetry and a high volume of pages.
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Named after Queen Victoria, it was a period of great social inspiration, people started moving from the rural areas to the great urbanized cities. Writes were deeply inspired by the role of politics in novels.
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A dictionary for synonyms of english
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A novel with philosophical and metaphorical forms.
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Characterized by a period of peace, and happiness, it led to a new form of literature based on the plays from the neoclassical period, the drama. Great novelist such as James Barrie and Alfred Noyes made this period possible.
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A novel full of adventures stories.
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A period ruled by King George, it is said to be a period of experimentation for novelists; it saw the beginning of a more scientific era, and phisophy was becoming more important for the development of the soul. Novelist tried to portray ideas of change in their works.
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the first volume of Mackenzie's autobiographical novel.
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Scholars divide this period with the first great world war, it was a period where literature followed the path of globalization, English authors say potential in the styles of the Russian and the Japanese, which were then incorporated in the form of English sagas.
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A novel about a high-society woman.
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Makes the first appearance for one of her most famous characters, Miss Marple
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in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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One of the biggest authors of political opinion makes his first appearance.
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This period is characterized by the influence of the politically correct movement, also known as the pc culture; novelist portray their ideas of fairness and unfairness through the use of conflict, this is seen the rise of the feminist literature.
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A play about the life of Mozart, first official best selling play in UK.
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The most renowed feminist book
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The most popular saga in the world, it was also adapted into films.
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Best selling book of 2008, was then adapted as a film and got the Pulitzer award for best novel of fiction.
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A series of books written by Suzanne Collins, best selling novel adapted to a film
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For her re-introduction of classical poetry in the modern world, with works such as Praise Song for the Day
