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Period: 450 to 1066
Period (Anglo-Saxon)
this period of literature dates bakes to their invasion
the era end under william
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Period: 1066 to 1500
Middle English Period
form of English
1350 secular literature began to rise -
Period: 1500 to
The Renaissance
Early modern -
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The Neoclassical Period (1600–1785)
The Neoclassical period is also subdivided into ages -
Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)
The Elizabethan Age was the golden age of English drama -
Jacobean Age (1603–1625)
The Jacobean Age is named for the reign of James I -
Caroline Age (1625–1649)
The Caroline Age covers the reign of Charles I (“Carolus”) -
Commonwealth Period (1649–1660)
the Commonwealth Period was so named for the period between the end of the English Civil War and the restoration of the Stuart monarchy -
The Restoration (1660–1700)
The Restoration period sees some response to the puritanical age, especially in the theater -
The Augustan Age (1700–1745)
The Augustan Age was the time of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, who imitated those first Augustans and even drew parallels between themselves and the first set -
The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785)
The Age of Sensibility was the time of Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon, Hester Lynch Thrale, James Boswell, and, of course, Samuel Johnson -
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The Romantic Period (1785–1832)
The beginning date for the Romantic period is often debated. Some claim it is 1785, immediately following the Age of Sensibility. Others say it began in 1789 with the start of the French Revolution, and still others believe that 1798 -
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The Victorian Period (1832–1901)
This period is named for the reign of Queen Victoria, who ascended to the throne in 1837, and it lasts until her death in 1901. It was a time of great social, religious, intellectual, and economic issues -
Period Early (1832–1848)
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Period Mid (1848–1870)
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Period Late (1870 - 1901)
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The Edwardian Period (1901–1914)
This period is named for King Edward VII and covers the period between Victoria’s death and the outbreak of World War I -
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The Georgian Period (1910–1936)
Georgian poetry today is typically considered to be the works of minor poets anthologized by Edward Marsh -
The Modern Period (1914–?)
It is difficult to say whether modernism had ended though we know that posmodernism has developed after and from it, for now the genre remains ongoing -
The Postmodern Period (1945–?)
The postmodern period begins about the time that World War II ended. Many believe it is a direct response to modernism
