Time-Chart of the Chief Authors

Chapter VI. The Age of Milton

The thick line indicates approximately the period of active literary production.

1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 | | ║ | | | ║ | | Cowley |........|.║==============================║ | | (1618–67) | | | | | | | | ║ | ║ | | | | | Herbert |.║=========║ | | | | | (1593–1633) | | | | | | | | | | ║ ║ | | ║ | Herrick |........|........|..║=====║........|........|.║ | (1591–1674) | | | | | | | | ║ | | | ║ | ║ | Milton |......║=========================║=============║ | (1608–74) | | | | ║ | | | | | | ║ | ║ | | | Browne |........|........|.║============║..|........|........| (1605–82) | | | | | | | | | | ║ | | ║ | Clarendon |........|........|....║=======================║ | (1609–74) | | | | | | | | | |║ ║ | ║ | | Taylor |........|........|║=======║==============║ | | (1613–67) | | | ║ | | | | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | Hobbes |.....║======================║=====================║ | (1588–1679) | | | | ║ | | | | | | | | | |