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List of Recognized “Fathers of” in English Literature

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This list is updated frequently. Please keep checking it every once in a while to stay updated. Happy Learning! 🙂

1The Father of English LiteratureGeoffrey Chaucer
2The Father of English PoetryGeoffrey Chaucer
3The Father of Modern LiteratureWilliam Shakespeare
4The Father of the English LanguageGeoffrey Chaucer
5The Father of PrintingJohannes Gutenberg
6The Father of English Prose William Tyndale
7The Father of English Epic PoetryJohn Milton
8The Father of English DramaWilliam Shakespeare
9The Father of English CriticismJohn Dryden
13The Father of TragedyAeschylus
(Greek)
15The Father of English EssayFrancis Bacon
16The Father of RomanticismJean Jacques Rousseau
17The Father of Indian English LiteratureMulk Raj Anand
18The Father of New Criticism John Crowe Ransom
19The Father of Western CriticismAristotle
20The Father of Source CriticismJean Astruc
21The Father of American PoetryWalt Whitman

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