Flashcards: British literature

The Parlement of Foules (also known as the Parliament of Foules, Parlement of Briddes, Assembly of Fowls, Assemble of Foules, or The Parliament of Birds) is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343?–1400) made up of approximately 700 lines.

The Cloud of Unknowing (Middle English: The Cloude of Unknowyng) is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century.

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907.

De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas).

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society.

An Instance of the Fingerpost is a 1997 historical mystery novel by Iain Pears.

The "angry young men" were a group of mostly working and middle class British playwrights and novelists who became prominent in the 1950s.

The Dream of Scipio is a novel by Iain Pears.

British philosophy refers to the philosophical tradition of the people of the United Kingdom and of its citizens abroad.

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a poem written by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a writers' association in the United Kingdom.

The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene which depicts French and British colonialism in Vietnam being uprooted by the Americans during the 1950s.

(For other uses, see Father Brown (disambiguation).) Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur sleuth created in the early 20th century by English novelist G.

On the Origin of Species (or more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.

John "Jack" Aubrey, JP MP FRS is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian.

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G.

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin.

Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby.

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748.

The Football Factory is the controversial debut novel of author John King, and is based around the adventures of a group of working-class Londoners who follow Chelsea home and away, fighting their rivals on the streets of England’s cities.

Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world.

The Apostrophe Protection Society is a UK society that has "the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark".

The Novum Organum, full original title Novum Organum Scientiarum (‘new instrument of science’), is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620.

The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary Criticism is an academic journal published by the Penn State University Press.

An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming is a 2008 book by Nigel Lawson.

The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a British organisation that works to ensure that writers are fairly compensated for any of their works that are copied, broadcast or recorded.

Texas Studies in Literature and Language, commonly known as TSLL, is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the humanities.

(Main article: Harold Pinter)(Further information: Works of Harold Pinter) Characteristics of Harold Pinter's work identifies distinctive aspects of the works of the British playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008) and gives an indication of their influence on Anglo-American culture.

Charles Lynn Batten (born 1941) is an American literary critic and a professor in the department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

(Main article: Harold Pinter)(See also: Honours and awards to Harold Pinter) Harold Pinter and academia concerns academic recognition of and scholarship pertaining to Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (1930–2008), English playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, poet, author, political activist, and the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, at the time of his death considered by many "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation.