English Literature for competitive exam || Day 1

 Important English Literature

 Period:

M.E.P = Middle English Period, T.R.P. = The Renaissance Period, E.A = Elizabethan Age, J.A. = Jacobean Age, C.A = Caroline Age, C.W.A = Commonwealth Age, N.C.P = Neo-Classical Period, R.P. = Restoration Period, A.A = The Augustan Age, T.A.S = The age of Sensibility, A.J = Age of Johnson,

 

Part-I

Writing/Title	Poet/Writter	Period
Translation of Bible New Testament into English	John Wycliffe	M.E.P
Father of English Literature	Geoffrey Chaucer	M.E.P
Father of English Poetry/Poem	Geoffrey Chaucer	M.E.P
Poet of Poets	Edmund Spenser	T.R.P/E.A
Poet and Soldier	Sir Philip Sidney	T.R.P/E.A
Father of English essays/Prose	Francis Bacon	T.R.P/E.A
The greatest playwright before Shakespeare, University wit	Christopher Marlowe	T.R.P/E.A
National Poet of England	William Shakespeare	T.R.P/E.A
The greatest writer in English The greatest dramatist of all time The greatest superstar of the world	William Shakespeare (37 plays, 154 Sonnets)	T.R.P/E.A
The Swan of Avon The Bard, The Bard of Avon	William Shakespeare	T.R.P/E.A

 

Part-II

Writing/Title	Poet/Writter	Period
The greatest metaphysical poet	John Donne	T.R.P/J.A
Poet of Love	John Donne	T.R.P/J.A
Epic Poet	John Milton	T.R.P/C.A
Great Master of Verse	John Milton	T.R.P/C.A
Father of Modern English Criticism	John Dryden	N.C.P/R.P
Mock Heroic Poet	Alexander Pope	N.C.P/R.P
The greatest poet of the Augustan Age	Alexander Pope	N.C.P/A.A
Father of English Dictionary	Dr. Samuel Johnson	N.C.P/T.A.S/A.J

 

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