Time-Chart of the Chief Authors

Chapter VII. The Age of Dryden

The thick line shows the period of active literary work.

1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 | | | | | | | | |║ | | | |║ | Dryden |........|║===================================║ | (1631–1700) | | | | | | | | | ║ | ║ |║ | | | Butler |........|.║===========║...|║ | | | (1612–80) | | | | | | | | | | ║ ║ | | | | Wycherley |........|........|..║===║ |........|........|........| (1640–1715) | | | | | | | | | |║ | | ║ ║| | Congreve | | |║.......|........|.║=====║|........| (1670–1729) | | | | | | | | |║ | ║ ║| ║ | | | Bunyan |........|║=========║=====║|.....║ | | | (1628–1688) | | | ║ | | | | | |║ | | | | ║ | Evelyn |........|║======================================║ | (1620–1706) | | | | | | | | |║ | | | | ║ | Pepys |........|║=====================================║ | (1633–1703) |