Chronological overview of English literature

The Postmodern Period

1945 BCE

It began at the time when the Second World War ended, theory and literary criticism developed at that time, with some writers such as Samuel Beckett, Joseph Heller, Anthony Burgess, John Fowles, Penelope M. Lively, and Iain Banks.

The Modern Period

1914 BCE

It occurs after the two world wars, the narrative, the verse and the drama are the themes at this time, which although the end date is not yet known, it is speculated that it still continues, here are writers such as: Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, DH Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, Dorothy Richardson, among others. Being Virginia Woolf who gave life to literary criticism.

The Georgian Period

1910 BCE

It is considered works of poets, the theme is based on nature, they are treated with passion. Rupert Brooke was one of the important writers of this time.

The Edwardian Period

1901 BCE

It arises at the outbreak of the First World War. It includes writers such as Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells, arises after the death of Queen Victoria.

The Victorian Period

1832 BCE

Here a battle arises between romantic, gothic and neoclassical ideas. It is named after Queen Victoria, who was on the throne, until her death. There were social, religious, intellectual and economic problems. Some poets of this time were Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Matthew Arnold.

The Romantic Period

1785 BCE

Romanticism changed, here the belief in the senses, feelings, imagination and experiences was remarkable. This includes some writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Charles Lamb, among others.

The Neoclassical Period

1600 BCE

The Neoclassical period is also subdivided into ages, including The Restoration (1660–1700), The Augustan Age (1700–1745), and The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785). The writing was based on the physical appearance of people, satires, this literature considered man as a defective being.

Middle English Period

1066 BCE

In this period the language, culture and lifestyle have a transformation, becoming known as "modern" today. This period has recognized works such as "Piers Plowman" and "Sir Gawain and the green horse"

Anglo-Saxon

450

Oral tradition of epic poems, this term comes from the union of two tribes, the Anglo and the Saxons. A well-known work is "Bowulf", which tells a poem about a Gauta warrior who faces attacks from a monster, becoming the King of the Gautas who fights a dragon to the death.

The Renaissance

1500

The modern age, is divided into 4 parts: Elizabethan Age, Golden Age of English, precursor William Shakespare. The Jacobean Age, also called "The Reign of James", writers Lady Mary Wroth and Elizabeth Cary. The Caroline Age, and the Commonwealth Period, this period goes from the English civil war to the restoration of the monarchy, the theaters were closed for 2 decades in order to avoid the assembly, even so writers like Thomas Fuller, Abraham Cowley and Andrew Marvell published some works.