Authors and Major Works Flashcards
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Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
A poet from the late 14th century known for notable works such as ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and ‘Troilus and Criseyde’.
What is the time period of William Shakespeare?
1564-1616, active during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
What are some notable works of William Shakespeare?
‘Hamlet’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Who is John Milton?
A poet from 1608-1674, active during the 17th century, known for ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Areopagitica’.
Who is John Bunyan?
A writer from 1628-1688, active during the 17th century, known for ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’.
What is the time period of Alexander Pope?
1688-1744, active during the early 18th century.
What are some notable works of Alexander Pope?
‘The Rape of the Lock’, ‘An Essay on Criticism’.
Who is Samuel Johnson?
A writer from 1709-1784, active during the 18th century, known for ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’ and ‘The Lives of the Poets’.
What is the time period of William Wordsworth?
1770-1850, active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
What are some notable works of William Wordsworth?
‘Lyrical Ballads’ (with Samuel Taylor Coleridge), ‘The Prelude’.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
A poet from 1772-1834, active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and ‘Kubla Khan’.
Who is George Eliot?
A novelist from 1819-1880, active during the Victorian era, known for ‘Middlemarch’ and ‘Silas Marner’.
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Who is Charles Dickens?
A novelist from 1812-1870, active during the Victorian era, known for ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Great Expectations’, and ‘Oliver Twist’.
What is the time period of Thomas Hardy?
1840-1928, active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What are some notable works of Thomas Hardy?
‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’, ‘Jude the Obscure’.
Who is W.H. Auden?
A poet from 1907-1973, active during the 20th century, known for ‘Funeral Blues’ and ‘The Age of Anxiety’.
Who is T.S. Eliot?
A poet from 1888-1965, active during the 20th century, known for ‘The Waste Land’ and ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’.
Who is Seamus Heaney?
A poet from 1939-2013, active during the late 20th century, known for ‘Death of a Naturalist’ and ‘North’.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A writer active from 1809 to 1849, known for works like ‘The Raven’, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
A writer active from 1804 to 1864, known for works like ‘The Scarlet Letter’, ‘The House of the Seven Gables’, and ‘The Blithedale Romance’.
Who is Walt Whitman?
A writer active from 1819 to 1892, known for works like ‘Leaves of Grass’, ‘Song of Myself’, and ‘O Captain! My Captain!’.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
A poet active from 1830 to 1886, known for works like ‘Because I could not stop for Death’, ‘I heard a Fly buzz – when I died’, and ‘Success is counted sweetest’.
Who is Mark Twain?
A writer active from 1835 to 1910, known for works like ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’, ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’, and ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’.
Who is Henry James?
A writer active from 1843 to 1916, known for works like ‘The Turn of the Screw’, ‘The Portrait of a Lady’, and ‘The Wings of the Dove’.
