This document lists various English authors and their titles such as "Father of" or "Founder of" related to their contributions to English literature. It includes Geoffrey Chaucer as the Father of English Literature, William Shakespeare as the Father of English Drama, and John Milton as the Epic poet. The list also mentions pioneers in other genres such as Robert Burns for Scottish poetry, William Wordsworth for nature poetry, and Jane Austen for the domestic novel.
This document lists various English authors and their titles such as "Father of" or "Founder of" related to their contributions to English literature. It includes Geoffrey Chaucer as the Father of English Literature, William Shakespeare as the Father of English Drama, and John Milton as the Epic poet. The list also mentions pioneers in other genres such as Robert Burns for Scottish poetry, William Wordsworth for nature poetry, and Jane Austen for the domestic novel.
This document lists various English authors and their titles such as "Father of" or "Founder of" related to their contributions to English literature. It includes Geoffrey Chaucer as the Father of English Literature, William Shakespeare as the Father of English Drama, and John Milton as the Epic poet. The list also mentions pioneers in other genres such as Robert Burns for Scottish poetry, William Wordsworth for nature poetry, and Jane Austen for the domestic novel.
This document lists various English authors and their titles such as "Father of" or "Founder of" related to their contributions to English literature. It includes Geoffrey Chaucer as the Father of English Literature, William Shakespeare as the Father of English Drama, and John Milton as the Epic poet. The list also mentions pioneers in other genres such as Robert Burns for Scottish poetry, William Wordsworth for nature poetry, and Jane Austen for the domestic novel.
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LIST OF FATHERS, FOUNDERS AND
PSEUDONYMS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Geoffrey Chaucer The Father of English Literature The Father of English Poetry The Father of English Language The Morning Star of the Renaissance The First National Poet Edmund Spenser The Poet’s poet (by Charles Lamb) The Child of Renaissance The Bridge between Renaissance and Reformation The poet of poets; child of Renaissance William Shakespeare The Bard of Avon The Father of English Drama The Sweet Swan of Avon The exponent of tragi-comedy The Bard John Milton The Epic poet The great master of verse The Lady of the Christ College The Poet of the Devil’s Party The Master of the Grand style The Blind Poet of England Robert Burns The Bard of Ayrshire (Scotland) The National Poet of Scotland The Rabbie The Ploughman Poet William Wordsworth The Worshipper of Nature The High Priest of Nature The Poet of Nature The Lake Poet The Poet of Childhood The the founder of Lake School of poetry Venerable Bede The Father of English Learning. The Father of English History Francis Bacon The Father of English Essay The Father of Modern English Prose The Child of Renaissance John Donne The Poet of love The Metaphysical poet The Father of metaphysical school of poetry Hazlitt The critic of critics The father of Cockney school of poetry Marlowe The founder of Knight School of Poetry The Morning star of English drama Jane Austin The exponent of domestic novel The Founder of Wessex Novels King Alfred the Great The Father of English Prose Aeschylus The Father of Tragedy Nicholas Udall The First English Comedy Writer Gutenberg The Father of Printing William Caxton The Father of English Press John Wycliffe The Morning Star of the Reformation Christopher Marlowe The Father of English Tragedy William Dunber The Chaucer of Scotland John Dryden The Father of English criticism William of Newbury The Father of Historical Criticism Alexander Pope The Mock heroic poet Henry Fielding The Father of English Novel Bloomfield The Father of Modern Linguistics Emerson The Father of American Transcendentalism Montaigne The Father of Essays Walter Scott The Father of Historical Novel Thomas Kyd The Father of Revenge Tragedy Charles Lamb The Prince of English Essayists Robert Southey The founder of Satanic School of Poetry (also Byron, to some) Petrarch The founder of sonnet Mathew Arnold The founder of touchstone method Rossetti The founder of Pre-Raphaelite movement Horace Walpole The father of Gothic novels I.A. Richards The exponent of practical criticism Browning The founder of dramatic monologue Thomas Gray The Founder of Graveyard School of poetry Johnson and Dryden those who coined the word ‘Metaphysical’ for poetry Eugene O Neil The father of modern drama Edgar Allan Poe The father of short story W. B. Yeats The father of Irish Theatre Movement.