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BRITISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE AUTHORS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Satire of medieval society
        
        1st to write in Middle English
        
        Multilingual
        
        More than just a writer
  - - - Coined thousands of words/phrases
        
        Invented the English sonnet
        
        Famous tragedies, comedies & histories
  - - - JONATHAN SWIFT
        
        Satire & Dark critique of human nature
      - DANIEL DEFOE
        
        Pioneer of the novel
    - - SAMUEL RICHARDSON
        
        The epistolary novel
      - HENRY FIELDING
        
        The comic novel
    - - OLIVER GOLDSMITH
        
        Domestic realism
      - TOBIAS SMOLLETT
        
        Social realism
      - LAURENCE STERNE
        
        Modernism
  - - - Illustrator
        
        Critical of the middle class
    - - Social reformer
        
        Struggles of the working class
    - - Surrounded by tragedy
        
        Gothic elements
        
        About Victorian women's roles
    - - Revolutionary feminism
        
        The medical profession
        
        Consequences of Industrialization
    - - Rural background
        
        Pessimistic/Deterministic
        
        Controversial & censored
    - - Precursor of Modernism
        
        Cosmopolitanism: America vs. Europe
        
        Psychological horror stories
    - - Critical of Imperialism
        
        Sailor's life
        
        Dark side of human nature
        
        English learner
    - - Advocate of Imperialism
        
        Journalist of Indian colonial life
        
        1st Spy novel
        
        Indian born
  - - - WILLIAM BLAKE
        
        The poet-painter
      - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
        
        The nature poet
      - SAMUEL COLLERIDGE
        
        The theologian
    - - LORD BYRON
        
        The infamous celebrity
      - PERCY BYSSE SHELLEY
        
        Outcast & Surrounded by tragedy
      - JOHN KEATS
        
        Poor & unappreciated
    - - SIR WALTER SCOTT
        
        Historical novels
      - MARY SHELLEY
        
        Ghotic fiction
      - JANE EYRE
        
        Realism
  - - - Critical of imperialism
        
        Dark side of humanity
        
        English learner
        
        Sailor's life
        
        Polish origins & British citizenship
    - - Advocate of imperialism
        
        Journalist of colonial life
        
        1st Spy novel
        
        Indian born