Swift is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful. His "A Modest Proposal" is generally taken as a perfect model.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Thomas Hardy.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Pound was the leader of a now movement in poetry which he called the "（）" movement.

（）is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.

There Was a Child Went Forth

In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer employed the （）with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.

（）is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".

（）was regarded as father of the American short stories.