Arrange the following works in chronological order of publication:

1. A. Culture and Anarchy
2. B. The Anatomy of Melancholy
3. C. A Defence of Poetry
4. D. Leviathan
5. E. Studies in the History of the Renaissance

1. AA, B, C, D, E
2. BD, C, B, A, E
3. CB, C, E, A, D
4. DB, D, C, A, E

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Correct answer: D. B, D, C, A, E

Explanation

Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) → Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) → Shelley, A Defence of Poetry (written 1821, pub. 1840) → Arnold, Culture and Anarchy (1869) → Pater, The Renaissance (1873).