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The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

The works in this challenge are derived from an appendix in the most recent version of TCOCTEL (2011). The appendix is a chronology of important literary works in English interspersed with seminal works in other languages.
This is a concise (duh!) version of Scarlett's 2020 challenge at the link. It may be more palatable in length for many readers. The source book used in this case was also published a few years later. As such, there are many different extra books on this list, throughout the time span covered (c.1000 to 2011).
For some works, e.g. the Qur'an, the entry's date corresponds to the first translation into English.
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
1
Anonymous
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman De Brut (Wace)
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman De Brut
2
Wace
The Owl and the Nightingale (Anonymous)
The Owl and the Nightingale
3
Anonymous
Brut (Layamon)
Brut
4
Layamon
Ancrene Wisse (Ancrene Riwle) (Anonymous)
Ancrene Wisse (Ancrene Riwle)
5
Anonymous
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
6
Dante Alighieri
King Alisaunder (Anonymous)
King Alisaunder
7
Anonymous
Sir Orfeo (Anonymous)
Sir Orfeo
8
Anonymous
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
9
Giovanni Boccaccio
Piers Plowman (William Langland)
Piers Plowman
10
William Langland
Troilus and Criseyde (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Troilus and Criseyde
11
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
12
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience
13
Anonymous
The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy (William Caxton)
The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy
14
William Caxton
The Book of Common Prayer (Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury)
The Book of Common Prayer
15
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Songs and Sonnets (Tottel's Miscellany) (Various)
Songs and Sonnets (Tottel's Miscellany)
16
Various
Acts and Monuments (John Foxe)
Acts and Monuments
17
John Foxe
Holinshed's Chronicles (Raphael Holinshed)
Holinshed's Chronicles
18
Raphael Holinshed
The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
The Spanish Tragedy
19
Thomas Kyd
Tamburlaine (Christopher Marlowe)
Tamburlaine
20
Christopher Marlowe
The Old Arcadia (Philip Sidney)
The Old Arcadia
21
Philip Sidney
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
22
Edmund Spenser
Venus and Adonis (William Shakespeare)
Venus and Adonis
23
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
24
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
25
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
26
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
27
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
28
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
29
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
30
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
31
William Shakespeare
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
32
Christopher Marlowe
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
33
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
34
Miguel De Cervantes
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
35
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
36
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
37
William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
38
William Shakespeare
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha
39
Various
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
40
William Shakespeare
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