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The Oxford Companion to English Literature: Principal Literary Works

This list is from the first appendix of the seventh edition of 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature' edited by Margaret Drabble and Dinah Birch which has a chronology of principal literary works in English as well as culturally important works in a foreign language.
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Various)
Anglo-Saxon Poetry
1
Various
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
2
Tr. Seamus Heaney
The History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
The History of the Kings of Britain
3
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Roman De Brut (Wace)
Roman De Brut
4
Wace
Brut (Layamon)
Brut
5
Layamon
Ancrene Wisse: A Guide for Anchoresses (Bella Millett)
Ancrene Wisse: A Guide for Anchoresses
6
Bella Millett
Le Roman De La Rose (Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung)
Le Roman De La Rose
7
Guillaume De Lorris Et Jean De Meung
Vita Nuova (Dante Alighieri)
Vita Nuova
8
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
9
Dante Alighieri
Sir Orfeo (Anonymous)
Sir Orfeo
10
Anonymous
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
11
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)
The Cloud of Unknowing
12
Anonymous
Piers Plowman (William Langland)
Piers Plowman
13
William Langland
The Book of the Duchess (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Book of the Duchess
14
Geoffrey Chaucer
House of Fame (Geoffrey Chaucer)
House of Fame
15
Geoffrey Chaucer
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
16
Anonymous
Parliament of Fowles (Chaucer)
Parliament of Fowles
17
Chaucer
Troilus and Criseyde (Chauncer)
Troilus and Criseyde
18
Chauncer
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
19
Geoffrey Chaucer
Confessio Amantis (John Gower)
Confessio Amantis
20
John Gower
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
21
Anonymous
Troy Book (John Lydgate)
Troy Book
22
John Lydgate
Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century: Part I (Norman Davis)
Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century: Part I
23
Norman Davis
Siege of Thebes, Selected Short Poems and Drama (John Lydgate)
Siege of Thebes, Selected Short Poems and Drama
24
John Lydgate
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
25
The Golden Legend (Jacobus De Voragine)
The Golden Legend
26
Jacobus De Voragine
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
27
Thomas Malory
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
28
The Ship of Fools (Sebastian Brant)
The Ship of Fools
29
Sebastian Brant
Everyman
Everyman
30
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
31
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
32
Niccolò Machiavelli
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
33
Thomas More
Magnificence (John Skelton)
Magnificence
34
John Skelton
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
35
Ludovico Ariosto
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
36
The Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier
37
The Pentateuch
The Pentateuch
38
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
39
François Rabelais
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
40
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