Can you name the authors by their given period?

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  • This is a list of the British and American authors deemed important by the GRE subject test in Literature, organized chronologically.
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YearAuthor
400-1300 (Old English)
400-1300
1300-1500 (Middle English)
1300-1500
1300-1500
1500-1558 (Early Tudor period)
1500-1558
1558-1603 (Elizabethan period)
1558-1603
1558-1603
1558-1603
1558-1603
1603-1625 (Jacobean period)
1625-1649 (Caroline period)
1625-1649
1649-1660 (Interregnum)
1649-1660
1649-1660
1660-1714 (Restoration)
1660-1714
1660-1714
1660-1714
1714-1727 (end of Stuart period)
1714-1727
1727-1760 (Hanover period)
1727-1760
YearAuthor
1727-1760
1760-1790 (Englightment/Gothic Novel)
1760-1790
1760-1790
1760-1790
1760-1790
1760-1790
1790-1820 (Early Romantic period)
1790-1820
1790-1820
1790-1820
1790-1820
1790-1820
1790-1820
1820-1837 (Middle Romantic period)
1820-1837
1820-1837
1820-1837
1820-1837
1820-1837
1837-1869 (Late Romantic/Victorian period)
1837-1869
1837-1869
1837-1869
1837-1869
1837-1869 (Transcendentalism)
YearAuthor
1837-1869
1837-1869
1837-1869
1837-1869
1869-1901 (Victorian/Realism)
1869-1901
1869-1901
1869-1901
1869-1901
1869-1901
1869-1901
1869-1901
1901-1939 (Modernism)
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
1901-1939
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Authors by Period; GRE Literature Study Quiz

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