Portal:English literature

Literary History
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin (1910) 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica classified articles and their Wikisource author pages:

Descriptions by Types and Eras

 * "Chapter 4: English Poetry" and "Chapter 5: English Prose", 1906 in The First Half of the Seventeenth Century by Herbert J. C. Grierson. In Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman. Periods of European Literature. vol. 7, pp. 135-201, 202-243.

Old English

 * See also: Anglo-Saxon Wikipedia


 * Portal:Old English literature
 * Cædmon's Hymn, composed between 658 and 680, recorded in the earlier part of the 8th century, by Cædmon
 * The Dream of the Rood, 7th-10th century, unknown author (although is has been attributed to Cædmon or Cynewulf)
 * Poem of Judith, 7th-10th century, unknown author (although is has been attributed to Cædmon or Cynewulf)
 * Beowulf, between the 8th and 11th century, unknown author
 * Crist, 8th-9th century by Cynewulf
 * Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 9th century, compiled under the direction of Alfred the Great (multiple versions)
 * Ingram translation, 1823, by James Ingram in modern English
 * Widsith, 9th century, unknown author
 * Ælfric's Colloquy, 9th-10th century by Ælfric
 * St. Edmund, King and Martyr, 9th-10th century by Ælfric, translated by Wikisource
 * The Rhyming Poem, unknown author, recorded in the 10th century Exeter Book (Codex Exoniensis)
 * The Wife's Lament, unknown author, recorded in the 10th century Exeter Book (Codex Exoniensis)

Translations into Old English

 * Portal:Biblioþēce, Bible texts in Old English
 * Fæder ūre, The Lord's Prayer in Old English

Middle English

 * Alysoun, poem circa 1300, unknown author
 * Anelida and Arcite, late 1370s poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Balade to Rosemounde, 14th century poem by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Wikisource
 * Bible, 1380s, translation organised by John Wycliffe
 * Blow northerne wynd!, 14th century poem, unknown author
 * The Book of the Duchess, 1368-1371 poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
 * The Canterbury Tales, late 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer, first published in 1478 by William Caxton
 * Confessio Amantis, 14th century poem by John Gower
 * Fredome, 14th century poem by John Barbour, extracted from The Brus
 * The House of Fame, probably 1379-1380 poem, by Geoffrey Chaucer
 * A Hymn to the Virgin
 * Ich am of Irlaunde, circa 1300, unknown author
 * John Ball's letter to an unidentified community, 1381 sermon by John Ball translated by Wikisource
 * The Legend of Good Women, 1380s poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Lenten ys come with love to toune, circa 1300, unknown author
 * Lines from Love Letters, unknown author
 * Macbeth and the Weird Sisters, 1420 by Author:Andrew of Wyntoun
 * Matthew Cooke Manuscript, 1450s masonic text
 * The Parliament of Fowles, 1381-1382 poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Pearl
 * Piers Plowman by William Langland
 * The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman edited by Thomas Wright
 * Piers Plowman (excerpt)
 * Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
 * Sumer is icumen in
 * The Choise of Valentines
 * This Worldes Joie
 * Troilus and Criseyde

Early modern English

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Modern English

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 * Guy Mannering, by Walter Scott (1815)

Child portals

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Parent portals

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