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e. 1605–1615 – Miguel de Cervantes writes the two parts of Don Quixote. 1616: April – Death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. 1630-1651: William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation, journals that are considered the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and their government. 1660–1669 – Samuel Pepys writes ...
The Background Of English Literature and Other Collected Essays & Addresses (1925) Lyrical Poetry from Blake to Hardy (1928, Hogarth Press) Cross-Currents in 17th Century English Literature (1929) The Flute, with Other Translations and a Poem (Samson Press, 1931) Sir Walter Scott: Broadcast Lectures to the Young (1932)
17th-century English dramatists and playwrights (1 C, 89 P) N. 17th-century English non-fiction writers (6 C, 8 P) 17th-century English novelists (13 P) P.
The late 17th, early 18th century (1689–1750) in English literature is known as the Augustan Age. Writers at this time "greatly admired their Roman counterparts, imitated their works and frequently drew parallels between" contemporary world and the age of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 AD – BC 14) [52] (see Augustan literature (ancient Rome)).
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry. The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.
Tom a Lincoln. Categories: 17th-century novels. 17th-century literature of England. English novels.
e. English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [ 1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called Old English.
17th-century Indian literature (2 C) 17th-century inscriptions (3 P) 17th-century Irish literature (2 C, 5 P) 17th-century Italian literature (1 C, 3 P)