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  2. List of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance , Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century.

  3. Table of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    Note, chronology of poetry before 1500 is resolved by decade and by century to earlier dates. 14th century in literature · 13th century in literature 12th century in literature · 11th century in literature 10th century in literature · 9th century in literature Early Medieval literature, or 6th to 9th centuries in literature

  4. English literature - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". [73]

  5. List of historical fiction by time period - Wikipedia

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    This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...

  6. Old English literature - Wikipedia

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    The poem Beowulf, which often begins the traditional canon of English literature, is the most famous work of Old English literature. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has also proven significant for historical study, preserving a chronology of early English history.

  7. List of claimed first novels in English - Wikipedia

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    There are multiple candidates for first novel in English partly because of ignorance of earlier works, but largely because the term novel can be defined so as to exclude earlier candidates. (The article for novel contains detailed information on the history of the terms "novel" and "romance" and the bodies of texts they defined in a historical ...

  8. List of timelines - Wikipedia

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    Book of Mormon chronology; Timeline of LGBT Mormon history; Chronology of Jesus; Timeline of Christian missions (31 CE–present) Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in America; Timeline of the English Reformation (1415–1554) Timeline of women as Protestant bishops (1929–present) Timeline of women as archbishops (1934–present)

  9. English novel - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England.. The English novel is an important part of English literature.This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland (or any part of Ireland before 1922).