id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2216 View source for English literature - Wikipedia .html text/html 2334 236 69 You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia due to a block affecting your IP address. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN. Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page and email other editors and administrators. After [[William Caxton]] introduced the printing press in England in 1476, [[vernacular literature]] flourished. The [[English Reformation|Reformation]] inspired the production of [[vernacular]] [[liturgy]] which led to the [[Book of Common Prayer]] (1549), a lasting influence on literary language. Besides Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, the major poets of the early 17th century included the [[Metaphysical poet]]s: [[John Donne]] (1572–1631), [[George Herbert]] (1593–1633), [[Henry Vaughan]], [[Andrew Marvell]], and [[Richard Crashaw]].{{Citation | first = Colin | last = Burrow | contribution = Metaphysical poets (act. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2216.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2216.txt