Swift is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful. His "A Modest Proposal" is generally taken as a perfect model.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

The term "（）" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.

（）is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.

From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature （） flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.

In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer employed the （）with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.

（）stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature.

Bernard Shaw began his career as a dramatist in 1892, when his first play "（）"(1892) was put on by the independent theater society.

Christopher Marlowe is the most gifted of the "（）".

Hardy is the founder of the "stream of consciousness" school of novel writing.