English 205: Writers of the British Isles

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Cluster #1: The Middle Ages in England (8th–15th centuries)

Beowulf
Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur

Cluster #2: The Early Modern Period in England, Part 1 (16th century)

Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder
William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Cluster #3: The Early Modern Period in England, Part 2 (17th–18th centuries)

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan

John Milton's Paradise Lost

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"