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English poetry print that page

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The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture , and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English

British literature print that page

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century manuscript copies. Contents 1 Latin literature 2 Early Celtic literature 3 Old English literature 449–1066 4 Late medieval literature 5 Early Modern English literature 5.1 Elizabethan and Jacobean eras 5.2 1660–1800 6 Non English -language literatures

Oxford poetry anthologies print that page

The Oxford University Press published a long series of poetry anthologies , dealing in particular with British poetry but not restricted to it, after the success of the Oxford Book of English Verse (1900). The Oxford poetry anthologies ('Oxford Books') are traditionally seen as 'establishment

Lyric poetry print that page

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Although arguably the most popular form of lyric poetry in the Western tradition is the 14-line sonnet , either in its Petrarchan or its Shakespearean form , lyric poetry appears in a variety of forms. Other forms of the lyric include ballades , [ 2 ] villanelles , [ 2 ] minnesang , pastourelle

Novel print that page

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A novel is a long narrative in literary prose . The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella . The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century. The further definition of the genre

English literature print that page

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This article primarily deals with some of the literature from Britain written in English . For literature from specific English -speaking regions, consult the see also section, bottom of the page. Contents 1 Old English 2 Middle English literature 3 Renaissance literature

Poetry print that page

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Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history . Early attempts to define poetry , such as Aristotle 's Poetics , focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric , drama , song , and comedy . [ 1 ] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition, verse form and rhyme , and emphasized

Modernist poetry in English print that page

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periods and other cultures. Their models included ancient Greek literature , Chinese and Japanese poetry , the troubadours , Dante and the medieval Italian philosophical poets (such as Guido Cavalcanti ), and the English Metaphysical poets . Much of early modernist poetry took the form

Restoration literature print that page

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markedly from genre to genre. Thus, the "Restoration" in drama may last until 1700, while in poetry it may last only until 1666 (see 1666 in poetry ) and the annus mirabilis ; and in prose it might end in 1688, with the increasing tensions over succession and the corresponding rise in

Ben Jonson print that pageTimeline of Ben Jonson

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Although he was born in Westminster , London , Jonson claimed his family was of Scottish Border country descent, and this claim may have been supported by the fact that his coat of arms bears three spindles or rhombi , a device shared by a Borders family, the Johnstones of Annandale . His