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An Overview of British Literature

This list covers over one-thousand years of British literary works from folklore to genre fiction and modernist/postmodernist works.
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Caedmons Hymn (Caedmon)
Caedmons Hymn
Caedmon
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Exeter Book
Exeter Book
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Battle of Maldon
Battle of Maldon
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
Anonymous
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Waldere (Anonymous)
Waldere
Anonymous
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Historia Regum Britanniae (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Historia Regum Britanniae
Geoffrey of Monmouth
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous
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Pearl (Anonymous)
Pearl
Anonymous
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Perceval the Story of the Grail (Chrétien De Troyes)
Perceval the Story of the Grail
Chrétien De Troyes
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Lancelot the Knight of the Cart (Chrétien De Troyes)
Lancelot the Knight of the Cart
Chrétien De Troyes
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Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
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Confessio Amantis (John Gower)
Confessio Amantis
John Gower
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Kingis Quair (James I of Scotland)
The Kingis Quair
James I of Scotland
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Everyman
Everyman
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The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
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Saint George and the Dragon (Hodges, Margaret)
Saint George and the Dragon
Hodges, Margaret
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Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
Thomas More
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The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser
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Astrophel and Stella
Astrophel and Stella
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Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
Simon Callow
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Henry VI Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 1
William Shakespeare
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Henry VI Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 2
William Shakespeare
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Henry VI Part 3 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 3
William Shakespeare
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Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
William Shakespeare
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Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
William Shakespeare
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Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
William Shakespeare
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The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
William Shakespeare
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Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
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The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
33
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
William Shakespeare
34
Love Labour's Lost (William Shakespeare)
Love Labour's Lost
William Shakespeare
35
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
36
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
37
King John (William Shakespeare)
King John
William Shakespeare
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Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
39
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
40
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
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