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2、ser(1552-1599)TheFairyQueenWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)37plays,154sonnetsThe4greattragedies:Hamlet,KingLear,Macbeth&OthelloTheComedyofErrors,Love’sLabour’sLost,AMidsummerNight’sDream,TheMerchantofVenice,(Shylock,evil;Portia,judge)MuchAdoAboutNothingTheMerryWivesofWindsorAsYouLikeIt,All’sWel
3、lThatEndsWellTimonofAthens,TheWinter’sTale,TheTempestFrancisBacon(1561—1626)Philosophicalworks:AdvancementofLearningLiteraryworks(OfTruth;OfStudies;Ofdeath;OfRevenge,OfFriendship)MaximsoftheLaw;ReadingontheStatuteofUses(thelargestandmostimportantofhisprofessionalworks.JohnMilton(1608—1774)Pa
4、radiseLost(12books)ParadiseRegainedSonnet:OnHisBlindnessSonnet:OnHisDeceasedWifeJohnBunyan(1628—1688)ThePilgrim’sProgressDanielDefoe(1661—1731)RobinsonCrusoe(1719)JohnathanSwift(1667—1745)Gulliver’sTravels;AModestProposalJosephAddison(1672—1719)TheTatler;TheSpectatorHenryFielding(1707—1754)T
5、heHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling5ThomasGray(1716—1771)ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard(thebestpoeminEmglish)OliverGoldsmith(1728-1774),aversatileauthorTheVicarofWakefield(novel)SheStoopstoConquer(comedy)TheCitizenoftheWorld(essays)TheTraveler&TheDesertedVillage(twopoems)RichardBrinsleySheridan
6、(1751-1816)TheSchoolforScandalTheRivals(comedy)Thecritic(Farce)WilliamBlake(1757-1827),themostindependentandthemostoriginalromanticpoetofthe18thcenturyTheSongsofExperienceTheSongsofInnocenceLondon;TheChimneySweeperRobertBurns(1759-1796),whosepoetryisboneoftheboneandfleshofthefleshoftheScotti
7、shcommonpeopleMyheart’sIntheHighlandJohnAnderson,MyJoARed,RedRoseToAMouseWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)RomancistLyricalBallads:LinesComposedaFewMilesAboveTinternAbbey;ThePrelude;TheExcursion;TheSolitaryReaper;SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays;IWanderedLo
