Some important facts about English Literature 1. Literature is the reflection of life based on reality & imagination. [ The shortest but precise definition of literature] 2. The time span of Renaissance period was 1500-1660. 3. Jeoffery Chaucer is called the father of modern poetry. 4. The only English epic is Beowulf. 5. William Caxton set up the first printing press in 1476. 6. The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer has reflected the inner thoughts of 29 pilgrims heading towards the tomb of Thomas Becket. ***** 7. Here is Gods plenty- is one of the great dialogue of The Canterbury Tales. 8. John Wycliffe (1324-84) is is called the father of English prose . John Wycliffe is credited as the first translator of Bible. 9. Thomas More wrote UTOPIA which comes from Greek word Eutopia meaning -no place / good place. 10. The rhyme scheme of Petrarchan sonnet is -abba abba cd cd cd/ cde cde***** 11. The rhyme scheme of Shakespearian sonnet is- abab cdcd efef gg***** 12. Magna Carta was passed in 1215. 13. The age of Chaucer was 1340-1400. 15. Shakespeare was born in the year - 1564. 16. Shakespeare died in 1616. 17. The first English dictionary was compiled by Dr. Samuel Johnson. 18. The time span of the Restoration period was 1660- 1700. 19. The Romantic age (1798-1832) was inspired by the French Revolution. 20. Lyrical Ballad( published in 1798) is thought to be the vital poetical documents that formally inaugurated Romanticism in English Literature. 21. Ode on the Morning- is the first poem of John Milton.******* 22. The victorian age :1832-1901. 23. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. 24. The Time Machine is written by H. G Wells. 25. Edmund Spenser is called A POET of POET
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