"Medieval literature
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• Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 - 1400) is considered to be the father of English poetry because he wrote in English rather than in French or Latin. His Canterbury Tales (a rude, funny collection of stories in verse that mock most sections of medieval society, including the Church) records the imagined conversations of pilgrims as they journeyed from London to Canterbury.
• In 15th century the knight novels were on the wane and the last important work from this genre is Le Morte d'Arthur or The Death of Arthur written by Thomas Malory
Renaissance
William Shakespeare
• The Renaissance in England culminated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (ruled 1558 − 1603), a period of prosperity, successful sea voyages, and cultural activities.
• William Shakespeare was a great playwright, an actor and he is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". He was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. We don’t know his birthdate, but we know, that he was baptised the twenty sixth of April 1564. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Approximately, until year 1600 he wrote mainly comedies (The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice…) and historical plays about Kings of England (Richard II, Henry IV up to Henry VIII). After death of his son, he wrote tragedies (Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Antonius and Cleopatra…). To the end of his life he wrote romances (a kind of fairy-tale stories) - The Winter's Tale and The Tempest. His works contain many funny mistakes – for example in The Winter's Tale a part of plot is situated in Bohemia – a desolate country by a sea. He wrote also sonnets. Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52."

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