BICOL UN IVERSITY POLANGUI CAMPUSPOLANGUI, ALBAY
AY: 2013-2014
SUBMITTED BY:JESSICA RIPARIP
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SIGNIFICANT WRITERS IN ENGLISHLITERATURE
( A LITERARY MAP )
A closer look
Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas MoreEdmund Spencer Walter RaleighJohn Donne Francis BaconThomas Middleton John MiltonAlexander Pope William WordsworthSamuel Coleridge George Bayron
Charles Dickens
Christopher Marlow
William Shakespeare
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Ben Jonson
D.H Lawrence
T.S Eliot
John Ford
George Bernard ShawJonathan Swift
1200-1500:Middle English
Period
. Geoffrey Chaucer(Poet)
Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English
poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
Born: 1343, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 25, 1400, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Philippa Roet (m. 1366–1387)
Buried: Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Plays: The Canterbury Tales
1500-1660:
The English Renaissance 1500-1558: Tudor Period
(Humanist Era)
SIR THOMAS MOre ( Saint )
Sir Thomas More, known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social
philosopher, author, and statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
Born: February 7, 1478, City of London, United Kingdom
Died: July 6, 1535, Tower Hill, London, United Kingdom
Education: University of Oxford
Spouse: Jane Colt (m. 1505–1511)
Children: Margaret Roper, Elizabeth More, John More
THoMAS WYATT( Poet )
Sir Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English ambassador and lyrical poet. He is credited with
introducing the sonnet into English. He was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, though his
family was originally from Yorkshire.
Born: 1503, Kent, United Kingdom
Died: October 11, 1542, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Wyatt
Parents: Henry Wyatt
Children: Thomas Wyatt the Younger
Books: Tottel's Miscellany, poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt
The Renaissance Period consists of four subsets:
1. 1558-1603: The Elizabethan Age (High Renaissance):
WILLIAM Shakespeare
Poet
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and
the "Bard of Avon".
Born: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Spouse: Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616)
Books: Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, more
Movies: 10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo + Juliet, Coriolanus
CHRISTOPHER MArLOWE
( Dramatist )
Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the
foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.
Born: 1564, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Died: May 30, 1593, Deptford, United Kingdom
Full name: Christopher Marlowe
Education: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, The King's School, Canterbury, University of Cambridge
Books: Hero and Leander, Doctor Faustus,
Geoffrey Chaucer( Poet )
Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical
allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
Born: 1552, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 13, 1599, London, United Kingdom
Education: University of Cambridge, Pembroke College, Cambridge,Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
SIR WALTER RALEIGH( Writer )
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is
also well known for popularising tobacco in England.
Born: January 22, 1552, Devon, United Kingdom
Died: October 29, 1618, London, United Kingdom
Full name: Walter Raleigh
Spouse: Elizabeth Raleigh (m. 1591–1618)
Siblings: Humphrey Gilbert, Carew Raleigh, Adrian Gilbert, John Gilbert
Children: Carew Raleigh, Damerei Raleigh, Walter Raleigh
BEN JONSON( Playwright )
Ben Jonson was a playwright, poet, and literary critic of the seventeenth century, whose artistry
exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularized the comedy of
humours.
Born: June 11, 1572, Westminster, United Kingdom
Died: August 6, 1637, Westminster, United Kingdom
Spouse: Ann Lewis Jonson (m. 1594)
Education: Westminster School
Books: Ben Jonson. Poems,
2. 1603-1625:
The Jacobean Age {Mannerist Style (1590-1640) other
styles: Metaphysical Poets; Devotional Poets}
JOHN DONNE( Poet )
John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. He is
considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets.
Born: January 22, 1572, London, United Kingdom
Died: March 31, 1631, London, United Kingdom
Education: University of Cambridge, Hertford College, Oxford, University of Oxford
SIR FRANCIS BACON( Former Lord Chancellor )
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., QC was an English philosopher, statesman,
scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor
of England.
Born: January 22, 1561, Strand, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 9, 1626, Highgate, United Kingdom
Nationality: English
Spouse: Alice Barnham (m. 1606–1625)
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Poitiers, University of Cambridge
Thomas Middleton
Thomas middletonPlaywright
Thomas Middleton was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher
and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during
the Jacobean period.
Born: April 18, 1580, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1627, Newington Butts, United Kingdom
Education: The Queen's College, Oxford
Movies: Revengers Tragedy, The Changeling
Books: Hengist, King of Kent, or the Mayor of Queenborough,
3.1625-1649:The Caroline Age
JOHN MIltonPoet
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of
England under Oliver Cromwell.
Born: December 9, 1608, Cheapside, United Kingdom
Died: November 8, 1674, Chalfont St Giles, United Kingdom
Full name: John Milton
Plays: Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades
Education: Christ's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, St Paul's School, London
JOHN FORDFilm Director
John Ford was an Irish-American film director. He was famous for both his Westerns such as Stagecoach, The
Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as
The Grapes of Wrath.
Born: February 1, 1894, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
Died: August 31, 1973, Palm Desert, California, United States
Spouse: Mary Ford (m. 1920–1973)
Awards: Academy Award for Best Director, more
Books: The Searchers, Stagecoach
4. 1649-1660:
The Commonwealth Period
(which is also known as the Puritan & The
Protectorate (Baroque Style, and later, Rococo
Style)
Alexander popePoet
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and
for his translation of Homer.
Born: May 21, 1688, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 30, 1744, Twickenham, United Kingdom
Height: 1.37 m
Education: Twyford School
Libretti: Acis and Galatea
Jonathan swiftPamphleteer
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric
who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Born: November 30, 1667, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Died: October 19, 1745, Ireland
Spouse: Esther Johnson (m. 1716)
Education: Hertford College, Oxford (1694), University of Dublin, Trinity College,
Dublin, University of Oxford
Parents: Jonathan Swift, Abigail Erick
1785-1870:Romanticism
William wordsworthPoet
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped
to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads.
Born: April 7, 1770, Wordsworth House, United Kingdom
Died: April 23, 1850, Cumberland, United Kingdom
Nationality: English
Siblings: Dorothy Wordsworth, Christopher Wordsworth
Education: Hawkshead Grammar School, University of Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge
Samuel taylor coleridgePoet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend
William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake
Poets.
Born: October 21, 1772, Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
Died: July 25, 1834, Highgate, United Kingdom
Movies: Christabel, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Children: Sara Coleridge, Hartley Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge
Education: University of Cambridge, Christ's Hospital, Jesus College, Cambridge
George Gordon byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly
known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.
Born: January 22, 1788, London Borough of Harrow, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 19, 1824, Missolonghi, Greece
Full name: George Gordon Byron
Spouse: Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron (m. 1815)
Movies: Don Juan DeMarco, Gothic
1870-1914:Victorian Period
Charles dickens Writer
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most
memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
Born: February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Died: June 9, 1870, Gads Hill Place, Rochester, United Kingdom
Spouse: Catherine Dickens (m. 1836–1858)
Plays: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, The Frozen Deep, No Thoroughfare, The Goblins
Children: Kate Perugini, Edward Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jr,
Robert browningPoet
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse,
especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.
Born: May 7, 1812, Camberwell, United Kingdom
Died: December 12, 1889, Venice, Italy
Spouse: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (m. 1846–1861)
Plays: The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pippa passes
Education: University College London, University of London
1914-1945:Modern Period:
George Bernard shawPlaywright
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many ...
Born: July 26, 1856, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Died: November 2, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, United Kingdom
Spouse: Charlotte Payne-Townshend (m. 1898–1943)
Books: The Black Girl in Search of God, The Irrational Knot, more
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature,
William butler yeatsPoet
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A
pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator
for two terms.
Born: June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Republic of Ireland
Died: January 28, 1939, Menton, France
Plays: The Countess Cathleen, Cathleen ni Houlihan, Purgatory, Mosada,At the Hawk's Well, Diarmuid and
Grania
Siblings: Jack Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Yeats
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
D.H lawrenceNovelist
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who
published as D. H. Lawrence.
Born: September 11, 1885, Eastwood, United Kingdom
Died: March 2, 1930, Vence, France
Spouse: Frieda von Richthofen (m. 1914–1930)
Movies: Lady Chatterley, Women in Love, The Fox, more
Parents: Lydia Lawrence, Arthur John Lawrence
T.s eliotPlaywright
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the
twentieth century's major poets."
Born: September 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: January 4, 1965, London, United Kingdom
Books: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Four Quartets, more
Nominations: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Movies: Cats, The Waste Land
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