Periods of European Literature

Charles Dickens emerged on the literary scene

Introduced the sonnet from Italy to England

Written in many dialects that corresponded to the region, history, culture, and background of individual writers

The birth of Shakespeare's written genre "problem plays" and tragedy

Rise of the second generation of metaphysical poets

Originated artistic, literary, and intellectual movement

The emergence of British writer, Rudyard Kipling

Period after settlement of the germanic tribes

William Shakespeare stands out in this period as a poet

The presentation of John Milton's religious flux