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Period: 450 to 1066
Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
The title Anglo- Saxon comes from two Germanics tribes.
This period dates back to their invasion, most of this period, the literature was oral.
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1066
Middle English Period (1066–1500)
The English period undergoes major changes in the language, culture and lifestyle of England and produces what we know today as a "modern" (recognizable) form of English. this period is up to 1500. many of the writings were also religious in nature; and from 1350 onwards, secular literature emerges. its authors are Chaucer, Thomas Malory and Robert Henryson. Important works include "Piers Plowman" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". -
1500
The Renaissance (1500–1660)
Now also known as the "Early Modern" period, the "Renaissance". a period that is subdivided into four parts, The Elizabethan age (1558–1603), the Jacobean Age (1603–1625), the Caroline Age (1625–1649), and the Commonwealth Period (1649–1660). -
The Neoclassical Period (1600–1785)
This period is also subdivided into ages, The Restoration (1660-1700), The Age of Augustus (1700-1745) and The Age of Sensitivity (1745-1785).
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The Romantic Period (1785–1832)
Its starting date is still in debate, they say it began in 1789 with the French Revolution, others believe that 1798, the year of publication of the book Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is its true beginning.
Some authors are Wordsworth, Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Charles Lamb, Mary Wollstonecraft, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas De Quincey, Jane Austen, and Mary Shelley. -
The Victorian Period (1832–1901)
The period has often been divided into “Early” (1832–1848), “Mid” (1848–1870) and “Late” (1870–1901) periods or into two phases, that of the Pre-Raphaelites (1848–1860) and that of Aestheticism and Decadence (1880–1901).
Poets of this time include Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Matthew Arnold, among others. Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and Walter Pater. -
The Edwardian Period (1901–1914)
Named after King Edward VII, it spans the period between Victoria's death and the outbreak of the First World War. the era includes incredible classic novelists like Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox. Ford, Rudyard Kipling, HG Wells and Henry James (born in the United States and spent most of his writing career in England); notable poets such as Alfred Noyes and William Butler Yeats; and playwrights like James Barrie, George Bernard Shaw, and John Galsworthy. -
The Georgian Period (1910–1936)
Refers to the reign of George V (1910-1936), sometimes also includes the reigns of the four successive Georges from 1714-1830. covers Georgian poets, such as Ralph Hodgson, John Masefield, W.H. Davies and Rupert Brooke.
The themes and themes tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally rather than passionately (as found in earlier periods) or experimentally (as would be seen in the next modern period) -
The Modern Period (1914–?)
Applies to works written after the start of the First World War. Features include experimentation with theme, style, and form, this encompasses narrative, verse, and drama. -
The Postmodern Period (1945–?)
It begins at the time that World War II ended. almost as a direct response to modernism. could end around 1990, Post-structuralist literary theory and criticism developed at this time. writers of the time include Samuel Beckett, Joseph Heller, Anthony Burgess, John Fowles, Penelope M. Lively, and Iain Banks. Many postmodern authors also wrote during the modern period.