VIP COACHING CENTER PG-TRB ENGLISH-9677747957 - Overview of Modern Literature (1400-1600)

Sep 21, 2026

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Study notes for English modern literature spanning major authors and works from the 1400–1600 period. The content highlights key writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Philip Sidney, and Christopher Marlowe, then lists representative texts including The Canterbury Tales, The Faerie Queene, Essays, Arcadia, and Doctor Faustus. It also includes focused Chaucer study points on his historical context, writing style, verse forms, and language development, along with contextual remarks about events like the Black Death and the Prologue’s portrayal of medieval society.

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Modern Literature (1400-1600)

Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

The Bible: The Book of Job

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Thomas Kyd (1557-1595)

Ben Jonson (1573-1637)

Poetry for Detailed Study: Chaucer

Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | VIP COACHING CENTER PG-TRB ENGLISH-9677747957 MODERN LITERATURE (1400-1600) Geoffry Chaucer (1340-1400) 1) The Boke of the Duchesse 5) The Canterbury Tales 2) The Romaunt of the rose 6) Legends of Good Women 3) The House of Fame 7) The Parliament of Fouls 4) Troylus Cryseyde Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) 1) The Faerie Queene 5) Prothalamion 2) The Shepheardes Calender 6) Mother Hubberd‘s Tale 3) Amoretti 7) The Ruins of Time 4) Epithalamion 8) The Tears of the Muses 9) Astrophel Wyatt, Surrey-Selections in Peacock's English verse, Vol-I Ballads : Peacock-Vol-II Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 1) Essays 3) The New Atlantis 2) The Advancement of Learning 4) Novum Organum Phillip Sidney (1554 – 1586) 1) Arcadia 2) Astrophel and Stella 3) An Apologie for Poetrie The Bible: The Book of Job. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) 1) Tamburlaine the great 2) Edward II 3) Doctor Faustus 4) The Jew Of Malta 5) The tragedy of Dido, 6) Queen of Carthage VIP COACHING CENTER PG-TRB ENGLISH-9677747957 Thomas Kyd ( 1557-1595) : The Spanish Tragedy Ben Jonson (1573-1637) 1) Bartholomew Fayre 2) Catline His Conspiracy 3) Cynthia‘s Revels‘Or the Fountain of Self Love 4) Epicaene or The Silent Women 5) Every Man is His Humour 6) Every Man Out of His Humour 7) Sejanus His Fall 8) The Alchemist 9) The Devil as an Ass 10)The Masque of Beauty 11)The Poetaster or His Arraignment 12)Volpone or the Fox Poetry For Detailed Study Chaucer : Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer 14th 1340-1400 􀂾 Age of Chaucer is a link bet the old and the New – age of transition 1373 – he began his Canterburry tn, Boccaccio furnished he ex for Chaucer‘s Canterbury tales greatest work of the ales. 􀂾 In his Decamero English period. 􀂾 C borrowed ideas for his C.T from Boccacio‘sDecamaron . 􀂾 Fatter of English Poetry reason 1. set up the standard English Lang 2. First to teach the art of versification. C combines in himself the best elements of French and English culture. This is evident by comparing him with his two contemporaries – Langland and Gower .Langland seeks to revive old English tradition Gower stands for foreign culture chaucer stands midway bet Langland and Gower. 􀂾 was familiar with the works of Virgil and Ovid and Latin prose writers. 􀂾 The Black Death Occured( 4 times) in England during the reign of Edward III (1348-49) VIP COACHING CENTER PG-TRB ENGLISH-9600736379 Period Period 2. The book of the Duchess(1369) offer consolation Italian English To the ofGauant to the death of his French life ―House of the fame‖ Wife Blanche Roman de la rose 􀂾 allegory-love poem transacted in to English. Hundred years of war began (C.T – greater work of this period) in the reign of Edward III Chaucer – The poet C Introduced 7 line decasyllabic stanza riming abab bcc known as rime royal was also called Triolus verse, Cressida verse, the Chaucerian stanza. 􀂾 7 line stanza (decasykabic) 􀂾 10 syllable couplet called heroic couplet (the five beat line, in stanza or couplet) Introduced 􀂾 Terzarima a seetian to ―The complaint to his Lady‖ 􀂾 Popularised Freeh for

FAQs

Which major authors are covered in the Modern Literature 1400–1600 notes?

The notes cover Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, and Ben Jonson, along with references to The Book of Job from the Bible.

What works of Geoffrey Chaucer are listed for study?

The document lists The Boke of the Duchesse, The Romaunt of the rose, The House of Fame, Troylus Cryseyde, The Canterbury Tales, Legends of Good Women, and The Parliament of Fouls.

What does the document say about Chaucer’s language and verse forms?

It discusses Chaucer’s use of the Midland dialect for growth of English, mentions verse structures such as the rime royal (Chaucerian stanza) and heroic couplet, and notes additional poetic forms like terza rima and popular free forms like roundels and ballads.

Sep 21, 2026

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