Authors

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Alexander Pope•Alexander was best known for his satircial

verse and for his translation of Homer.•Pope is famous for his use of

heroic couplet.

Daniel Defoe•Daniel Defoe was a journalist

and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

•Daniel is a notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel

Jonathan Swift•Swift is remembered for some of his popular works such as Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, Drapier’s Letters, and A Tale of a Tub.• Jonathan is the foremost prose satirist in

the English language.

Samuel Johnson•Gained popularity and success with the

completion of the Oxford English Dictionary.

• Johnson’s later works were essays and influential annotated edition of

Shakespeare’s plays.

John Bunyan• Wrote The Pilgrim's Progress in two parts, of which the first

appeared at London in 1678,which he had begun during his imprisonment in 1676. The second part appeared in 1684.

• The Pilgrim's Progressis the most successful allegory ever written, and like the Bible has been extensively translated

into other languages• became a popular preacher as well as a very voluminous author, though most of his works consist of expanded sermons