Arrange the following in chronological order:
- A. Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
- B. Sidney, An Apology for Poetry
- C. Addison and Steele, The Spectator
- D. Lamb, 'My Relations'
- E. Browning, 'How It Strikes a Contemporary'
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Correct answer: B. B, A, C, D, E
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An Apology (written c. 1580, pub. 1595) → The Advancement of Learning (1605) → The Spectator (1711–12) → 'My Relations' (Essays of Elia, 1821/1823) → 'How It Strikes a Contemporary' (Men and Women, 1855).
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