English Literature and Culture

• Genres
• Time line
• Anglo-Saxon literature
• The Medieval literature
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Canterbury Tales
• The Renaissance:historical, social and cultural background
• William Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
• The "Age of Reason": social, political, cultural background
• Literature in the Age of Reason
• Quotes about human nature
• The Romantic Age: historical, social and cultural background
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