English Literature Authors and their Works

English Literature Authors and their Works

The age of Chaucer (1340 - 1400)

John Gower  (c. 1330 –  1408)

• Mirour de l'Omme, or Speculum Hominis, or Speculum Meditantis (French, c.1376–1379)
• Vox Clamantis (Latin, c.1377–1381)
• Confessio Amantis (English, c.1386–1393)
• Traité (French, 1397)
• Cinkante Balades (French, 1399–1400)
• Cronica Tripertita (Latin, c.1400)
• In praise of peace (English, c.1400)

Geoffrey Chaucer ( c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature.

• Translation of Roman de la Rose, possibly extant as The Romaunt of the Rose
• The Book of the Duchess
• The House of Fame
• Anelida and Arcite
• Parlement of Foules
• Translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as Boece
• Troilus and Criseyde
• The Legend of Good Women
• The Canterbury Tales
• A Treatise on the Astrolabe

• Poems of dubious authorshipAn ABC
• Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn
• The Complaint unto Pity
• The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse
• The Complaint of Mars
• The Complaint of Venus
• A Complaint to His Lady
• The Former Age
• Fortune
• Gentilesse
• Lak of Stedfastnesse
• Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan
• Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton
• Proverbs
• Balade to Rosemounde
• Truth
• Womanly Noblesse

• Against Women Unconstant
• A Balade of Complaint
• Complaynt D'Amours
• Merciles Beaute
• The Equatorie of the Planets

Publius Vergilius Maro October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), 

usually called Virgil or Vergil  in English.

• The Aeneid
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(source  wikipedia)