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national epic of the Anglo-Saxons：The Song of Beowulf Geoffrey Chaucer：the father of English Poetry The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 His contributions: A. the introduction of the Heroic Couplet B. the first poet who write in Middle English c. making London dialect the foundation of modern English The essence of Renaissance is humanism. William Shakespeare Four great tragedies: Hamlet Othello Macbeth King Lear Sonnets18 Shall I compare thee to a summer抯 day? Francis Bacon is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.o John Mi