1. NORTHUMBRIAN was the first dialect to
produce a Literature
2. JOHN BARBOUR is the first of the Scottish
poets to claim the English attention
3. MILES COVERDALE’S translation of the Bible
was the first complete English Bible to be printed.
4. GREAT BIBLE (1539) was the first
authorised version among the translated Bibles.
5. DONNE was the first great Anglican
preacher
6. THE STEELE GLASS (1576), One of the first
regular satires, was written by
GASCOIGNE
7. The first book printed in English was THE
DICTES AND SAYINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
8. SUPPOSES is the first prose comedy
9. RALPH ROISTER DOISTER is the first play in
English with a regular plot, acts and scenes.
10.The first
Tragedy is said to have been written by THESPIS
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