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| Question | Answer |
| Beowulf | Anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet 750 AD Wessex Dialect Mercian and Northumbrian Nowell Codex Longest epic in English literature 3182 alliterative lines |
| Ralph Roister Doister | Nicholas Udall Published in 1567, eleven years after death Assumed composition in 1552 First comic poem Inspired by Plautus and Terence Incorporating conventions, structures, and styles of ancient Greek and Roman comedies with English theatrical tradition. |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Anonymous authorhood, Pearl poet or Gawain Poet 14th-century chivalric Arthurian romance North-west midland dialect 2530 alliterative verses in 101 stanzas Cotton Nero A.X Welsh, Irish, English, French chivalric tradition |
| William Langland | 14th-century poet Presumed author of 'The Books of Piers, the Plowman' Born in West Midlands of England Son of Oxfordshire gentleman Educated in the Priory of Great Malvern A prophet, a reformer, a satirist and a good samaritan Died in 1385-86 supposedly A-text: 1360s, B-text, C-text:1837 |
| Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | First continuous English history From 9th century to 12th century Wessex Series of Annals- Julius Caesar to 1154 Systematised and encouraged by King Alfred, the Great Records of incidents taken place during the rule of various kings |
| Gorboduc | Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex Written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville First regular English tragedy- blank verse Acted in 1561, Printed in 1565 Origin in the history book 'Geoffrey of Monmouth' Presented to Queen Elizabeth Senecan model Differs from Morality tradition and the Aristotelian unities of time and place |
| The Faerie Queene | Written by Edmund Spenser Spenserian stanza First three volumes published in 1589 6 books: Holiness, temperance, chastity, friendship, justice, and courtesy Title of 'The poet's poet' Knight represented Moral virtue Allegorical poem |
| The Sea Farer | Lyric poem narrating the actualities of ocean life and seamanship Allegorical meaning of the transient pain and joy on earth in contrast to the everlasting bliss of the heavenly kingdom 124 lines recorded in the Exeter book Capricious mistress having contrasting and strict character Minor melody A feeling of gratitude yet the longing pain Mercurial person |
| The Wanderer | Unknown authorhood of Old English Poetry Exeter book ,115 lines of alliterative verse Lyrical poem of exquisite beauty Poet in distress at the loss of his lord and fellow comrade Elegiac mood Three Phases - A solitary man A man with a troubled mind A man with a wise mind 'Wisdom Poem' Note of separation and bereavement Recalls days of happy youth in the time of distress |
| The Spanish Tragedy |
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