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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
1
Caedmon
Exeter Book
Exeter Book
2
Battle of Maldon
Battle of Maldon
3
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
4
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
5
Anonymous
Waldere (Anonymous)
Waldere
6
Anonymous
Historia Regum Britanniae (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Historia Regum Britanniae
7
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
8
Anonymous
Pearl (Anonymous)
Pearl
9
Anonymous
Perceval the Story of the Grail (Chrétien De Troyes)
Perceval the Story of the Grail
10
Chrétien De Troyes
Lancelot the Knight of the Cart (Chrétien De Troyes)
Lancelot the Knight of the Cart
11
Chrétien De Troyes
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
12
Confessio Amantis (John Gower)
Confessio Amantis
13
John Gower
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
14
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Kingis Quair (James I of Scotland)
The Kingis Quair
15
James I of Scotland
Everyman
Everyman
16
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
17
Saint George and the Dragon (Hodges, Margaret)
Saint George and the Dragon
18
Hodges, Margaret
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
19
Thomas More
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
20
Edmund Spenser
Astrophel and Stella
Astrophel and Stella
21
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
22
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
23
Simon Callow
Henry VI Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 1
24
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 2
25
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 3 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 3
26
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
27
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
28
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
29
William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
30
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
31
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
32
William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
33
William Shakespeare
Love Labour's Lost (William Shakespeare)
Love Labour's Lost
34
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
35
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
36
William Shakespeare
King John (William Shakespeare)
King John
37
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
38
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
39
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
40
William Shakespeare
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