The Jacobean Age (1603-1625)

The Jacobean Age (1603-1625)

This age is named after James I who reigned England from 1603 to 1625.The word "Jacobean" is derived from "Jacobus",the Latin version of James.Some historian like to call the last five years of this age as a part of another age which they call The Puritan Age (1620-1660)

Major Writers and Their Major Works

1.  Shakespeare

        a. Measure for Measure - 1604

        b. Othello - 1604

        c. Macbeth - 1605

        d. King Lear - 1605

        e. Antony and Cleopatra - 1606

        f. Coriolanus - 1606

        g.Timon of Athens - 1608 , unfinished

        h. Pericles - 1608 , in part

        i. Cymbeline - 1609

        j. The Winter's Tale - 1610

       k. The Tempest - 1611

       l. Henry VIII - 1613 , in part

2. Ben Jonson

        a. Volpone - 1605

        b. The Silent Woman - 1609

        c. The Alchemist - 1610

3. Francis Bacon

         a. Advancement of Learning - 1605

         b. Novum Orgum - 1620

4.John Webster

         a. The White Devil - 1612

         b. The Duchess of Malfi - 1614

5. Cyril Tourneur

           a. The Revenger's Tragedy - 1600

           b. The Atheist's Tragedy - 1611