所处时期姓名备注出身学校地位/评价流派作品OldandMedievalEnglishPeriod古英语和中世纪时期GeoffreyChaucer杰弗里·乔叟约1340-1400生于伦敦，葬于WestminsterAbbey父亲是酒商MessengerofHumanism.Firstrealisticwriter.FatherofEnglishpoetry.WasteroftheEnglishlanguage.Realistic现实主义翻译法语作品theRomauntoftheRose改编自意大利作品TroilusandCriseyde(longestcompletepoemandgreatestartisticachivm..)英语写的TheCanterburyTales(masterpieceandoneofthemonumentalworkinEL)WilliamLangland威廉·朗兰1330？-1400？生于英国西部内陆地区修道院学校PiersthePlowman耕者皮尔斯OneofthegreatestofEnglishpoemsofmedievaltimes.Dreamvision.RenaissanceFrancisBacon弗朗西斯·培根1561-1626生于伦敦斯特兰德大道约克家族父亲是爵士ThefounderofmodernscienceofEngland.ThefirstEnglishessayist.论说文家AdvancementofLearning学问的演进NewInstrument新工具（解释了归纳推理法inductivemethodofreasoning）Essays随笔（最著名）HenryHoward,EarlofSurry亨利·霍华德，萨里伯爵1517-47诗人,父亲是公爵诗以结构典雅Eleganceofconstruction而著称Inventorof"English"form(ababcdcdefefgg),latertobeusedbyShksp.Innovation:usingofblankverse诗歌被收录在Miscellany杂录byTottel托特尔翻译Aeneid埃涅伊德（运用了无韵诗）BenJonson本·琼森1572-1637生于威斯敏斯特Theleadingdramatistaftershkspandpracticallythefirstpoet-laureatein1616.EverymaninHisHumour个性互异BartholomewFair巴索罗缪市集ChristopherMarlowe克里斯托弗·马剧作家ThefirstgreatdramatistoftheRenaissanceperiod(beforeshksp.)TamburlainetheGreat帖木儿大帝DoctorFaustus浮士德博士TheJewofMalta马尔他的犹太人文艺复兴时期洛1564-93Pavedthewayforshksp.首次运用blankverseJohnLyly约翰·黎里1554？-1606学者世家牛津Theoldestofthe"universityWits"大学才子中年纪最大的Euphues,ortheAnatomyofWit优浮绮斯或智慧的剖析EuphuesandHisEngland优浮绮斯及其英国eightcomediesinprose用散文写的8部喜剧ThomasMore托马斯·莫尔1478-1535在伦敦塔，因莫须有的叛国罪被砍头中产阶级牛津Humanist人文主义学者Utopia乌托邦传记：ThelifeofJohnPicus，EarlofMyrandula约翰·皮库斯，米兰度拉伯爵的一生ThehistoryofKingRichardⅢ理查三世的历史（未完稿）DialogueofcomfortagainstTribulation关于苦难之慰藉的对话（amasterpieceofEnglishreligiousliteratureandthefinestofhiscontemplativewritings英国宗教文学代表作，忏悔祈祷作品上乘之作）SirPhilipSidney菲利普·西德尼1554-86上层贵族家庭牛津Poet,romancerandcritic诗人、传奇小说家、批评家AstropelandStella爱星者和星星（十四行组诗）DefenceofPoesie(orApologyforPoetry)为诗辩护（批评论文）Arcadia阿卡迪亚（浪漫故事散文）EdmundSpenser埃德蒙·斯宾塞1552-99生于London剑桥Poet'spoet诗人的诗人InventedtheSpenserianstanza,whichbecameapopularverseformthehistoricaldevelopmentofEnglishpoetry.TheFaerieQueene仙后TheShepherd'sCalendar牧羊人日历Amoretti爱情小唱William会一点拉丁语文法Oneofthemostremarkable37plays,154sonnets,2longnarrativepoems.Shakespeare莎士比亚1564-1616和希腊语学校playwrightsandpoetstheworldhaseverknown.四大悲剧：Hamlet,Othello,KingLear，Macbeth四喜剧：TheMerchantofVenice,AmidsummerNight'sDream,Asyoulikeit,TwelfthNight其他重要的：HenryVRobertBurton罗伯特·波顿1577-1640当过牧师乡绅家庭牛津AprominentEnglishprosewriterintheearly17thcentury.17世纪早起著名散文作家TheAnatomyofMelancholy忧郁的解剖TheperiodoftheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution英国SirThomasBrowne托马斯·布朗爵士1605-1682生于伦敦后来获得博士学位温彻斯特和牛津散文作家Baroque巴洛克式风格ReligioMedici医生的宗教Hydriotaphia,orUrnBurial翁葬JeremyTaylor杰瑞米·泰勒1613-1667英国国教牧师散文作家Holyliving...
