Anglo-American Literature

• Anglo-American Literature - These are the literary works that began early 17th century onward.
• Beowulf - heroic epic
• Beowulf has an unknown author.
• Beowulf is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English.
• Romeo and Juliet - romance between two young lovers from rival families.
• The genre of Romeo and Juliet is romance and tragedy
• William Shakespeare - author of romeo and juliet
• The Canterbury Tales - a collection of twenty-four stories
• Geoffrey Chaucer - author of The Canterbury Tales
• The Canterbury Tales is about 30 pilgrims who undertake the journey gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, across Tames from London.
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - a satiric work about smart mischievous young boy living in a town along Mississippi River.
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  Author: Mark Twain; Year Published: 1876
• Max Ehrmann - He was a poet, writer, and attorney.
• Max Ehrmann graduated from DePauw University, and took a degree in

  Philosophy from Harvard University.
• Desiderata - a prose poem that offers advice for living a meaningful and fulfilling life.
• the word “Desiderata” is Latin for “things desired”

  or “things that are needed”
• Max Ehrmann - wrote the Desiderata