Cynewulf (8th – 9th Century) Probably Northumbrian One of 12 O.E poets known by name from Anglo-Saxon period. His poems are religious in theme. 3…
Caedmon (657 – 684) Also called – Anglo-saxon Milton He was a saphered 9-lines of alliterative poem/hymn in honour of God The first native English port…
The Battle of Maldon Stresses blood-shed and loss, commemorating a battle in the year 991 or 993. What Old English poem tells the story of…
The Battle of Brunanburh – 73 lines Time of the war: 937 between English army of king AEthelstan and a combined army of Northern Kings…
Beowulf – Epic poem of O.E According to modern scholars, dated around 750 Oldest surviving English Epic of the Teutonic people. Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poet. Type:…
Waldere – 63 lines Discovered by E.C Werlauff, Librarian in 1860, in Danish Royal Library at Copenhagen, where it is still preserved. Two fragments remain…
Widsith – 143 lines Other name: The Far Traveller Oldest poem in English language. Survives in: Exeter book Three Thulas (Poetic genre) of Widsith: A list of…
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) born at Canterbury on 26th February, 1564. Second child and eldest son of a shoemaker John Marlowe, Got a scholarship from Matthew…
Thomas Kyd 1558-94 Probably was born in London Kyd did not attend university** Imprisoned for blasphemy, his papers were found ahuffled with some of Marlowe’s.…
George Peele 1558-98 London Alma mater: Oxford Plays Arraignment of Paris 1584 courtly mythological pastoral play to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth. The Famous Chronicle…