Time-Chart of the Chief Authors

Chapter VIII. The Age of Pope

The thick line shows the period of active literary work

1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 | ║ ║ | | | ║ | Pope |......║=======║================================║ | (1688–1744) | | ║ | | | | | ║ | | ║ | | | Prior |......║=================║ | | | (1664–1721) | | | | | | | | ║ | | | ║ ║ | Young |..........|...║==============================║=====║..| (1683–1765) | | | | | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ | ║ | Swift |...║======================║============║...|.....║ | (1667–1745) | | | ║ | | | | ║ |║ ║ | | | | Addison |...║=======║======║ | | | | (1672–1719) | |║ | | | | | ║ |║ | ║ | | | Steele |.....║=====║=================║ | | | (1672–1729) | |║ | | | | |║ | ║ | ║ | | Defoe |║=================║===============║ | | (1659–1731) | | ║ | | | | | | | | | |