CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH WRITERS WITH TITLES OF THEIR CHIEF WORKS. JOHN OF TREVISA (1387 ?) JOHN BARBOUR (1316–1395) WILLIAM LANGLAND (1332-1400 ?) Piers Plowman, 1362–1390 Boke of the Duchesse, 1369 JOHN GOWER (1325-1408) JOHN LYDGATE (1373–1460) JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND (1394-1437) SIR THOMAS MALORY (1470?) Passetyme of Pleasure WILLIAM DUNBAR (1465-1520) The Thistle and the Rose The Golden Terge GAWEN DOUGLAS (1474-1522) LORD BERNERS (1464-1532) WILLIAM TYNDALE (1477-1536) 1525 Obedience of a Christian Man, 1528 SIR DAVID LYNDSAY (1490-1557) The Three Estatis, 1540 HUGH LATIMER (1491-1555) JOHN KNOX (1505–1572) Historie of the Reformation LORD SURREY (1518-1547) ROGER ASCHAM (1515-1568) The Scholemaster, 1568 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (1554–1586) Arcadia, 1580 Apology for Poetrie, 1581 JOHN LYLY (1553–1600) Euphues and his England, 1580 EDMUND SPENSER (1552-1599) The Shepheards Calender, 1579 Faerie Queene, 1590-1596 RICHARD HOOKER (1554-1600) Ecclesiastical Polity, 1594-1600 The Jew of Malta, 1590? WILLIAM SHAKSPERE (1564-1616) Love's Labour's Lost Two Gentlemen of Verona Lucrece, 1594 Midsummer Night's Dream SHAKSPERE-continued Romeo and Juliet King John Merchant of Venice Taming of the Shrew All's Well that Ends Well Troilus and Cressida Julius Cæsar Othello Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Timon Pericles of Tyre Cymbeline Tempest Winter's Tale SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1552–1618) The Discovery of Guiana, 1596 History of the World, 1614 FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) Essays, 1597, 1612, 1625 Advancement of Learning, 1605 History of Henry VII., 1620 THOMAS DEKKER (1570-1637) Old Fortunatus, 1600 BEN JONSON (1573–1637) Every Man in His Humour 1598 Volpone, 1605 The Silent Woman, 1609 THOMAS HEYWOOD A Woman Killed with Kindness, Fair Maid of the West, 1617 The order of Shakspere's plays is that suggested by Professor Dowden. LORD 1633 The Virgin Martyr HERBERT OF CHERBURY GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633) ROBERT BURTON (1576-1640) The Compleat Angler, 1653 Liberty of Prophesying, 1647 JOHN MILTON (1608–1674) Il Penseroso, 1633? Lycidas, 1637 EARL OF CLARENDON (1609-1674) ISAAC BARROW (1630-1677) Sermons JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700) Annus Mirabilis, 1667 Absalom and Achitophel, 1681 JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704) Essay on the Human Under- Treatises on Government, 1690 BISHOP BURNET (1643-1715) Martinus Scriblerus Battle of the Books, 1704 JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719) RICHARD STEFLE (1672-1729) Spectator, 1711 Guardian, 1713 JOHN GAY (1688-1732) ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1746) Essay upon Criticism, 1711 Essay on Man, 1733-34 BISHOP BERKLEY (1685-1753) Three Dialogues, 1713 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) Lay of the Last Minstrel, 1805 Lady of the Lake, 1810 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (17721834) Poems, 1796 Ancient Mariner, 1798 Biographia Literaria, 1817 ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843) Joan of Arc, 1796 Toм MOORE (1779-1852) THOMAS CAMPBELL (1777–1844) Gertrude of Wyoming, 1809 LEIGH HUNT (1784-1859) LORD BYRON (1788-1824) Hours of Idleness, 1807 English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 1809 Childe Harold, 1812–18 Giaour, Lara, etc. Manfred, 1816 Don Juan, 1821-23 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792 1822) Queen Mab, 1813 Alastor, 1815 Revolt of Islam, 1817 Cenci, 1819 Prometheus Unbound, 1819 Adonais, 1821 JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) Endymion, 1818 THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881) Life of Sterling, 1850 T. B. MACAULAY (1800-1859) Essays, 1825-44 History of England, 1848–55 J. H. NEWMAN (1801-1890) Sermons Apologia, 1864 J. S. MILL (1806-1873) Political Economy, 1848 CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) Journal of Researches, 1839 Origin of Species, 1859 Descent of Man, 1871 ALFRED TENNYSON (1809-1892) The Princess, 1847 Maud, 1855 ALFRED TENNYSON - continued Idylls of the King, 1859 W. M. THACKERAY (1811-1863) Vanity Fair, 1846 The Newcomes, 1854 CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) Sketches by Boz, 1836 Oliver Twist, 1836 ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889) Pauline, 1833 Paracelsus, 1835 Strafford, 1836 Pippa Passes, 1841 Men and Women, 1855 The Ring and the Book, 1868-69 JOHN RUSKIN (1819) Modern Painters, 1843-60 Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1848 Stones of Venice, 1851-53 Unto this Last, 1860 Crown of Wild Olive, 1866 JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE (1818 1894) Nemesis of Faith, 1848 History of England, 1856-70 Short Studies on Great Subjects GEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880) Adam Bede, 1859 Mill on the Floss, 1860 Romola, 1-63 Daniel Deronda, 1876 MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888) Poems, 1849-52 Essays in Criticism, 1865 Culture and Anarchy, 1869 Literature and Dogma Spottiswoode & Co. Printers, New-street Square, London. |