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Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
Ancient English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, covers literature written in Old English, in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th century to the decades following the Norman Conquest of 1066. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_literature -
731
The beginning of English literature
Venerable Bede, in his monastery in Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people. -
800
legends of scandinavia
Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons -
950
The poetic Edda
The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy -
1367
Piers Plowman
A narrator who calls himself Will, and whose name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of Piers Plowman -
1385
Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer completes Troilus and Criseyde, his long poem about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy -
1469
Morte d'Arthur
Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur -
Period: 1500 to
English Renaissance
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Renaissance -
1525
Translate the Bible into English
William Tyndale studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English -
The Faerie Queene
English poet Edmund Spenser celebrates the Protestant Elizabeth I as The Faerie Queene -
Authorized version of the Bible
James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years. -
Period: to
Puritan
La literatura del puritanismo significaba un enfoque religioso y un estilo simple de escritura. En esta lección, aprenderá más sobre el movimiento literario puritano y descubrirá algunos ejemplos de autores de la época. https://study.com/academy/lesson/puritan-literature-characteristics-authors.html -
Period: to
Restoration Age
It is English literature written during the historical period commonly known as the English Restoration (1660–1689), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart's reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_literature -
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko makes an early protest against the inhumanity of the African slave trade -
Period: to
18 th Century
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century_in_literature -
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
English historian Edward Gibbon, sitting among ruins in Rome, conceives the idea of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire -
Period: to
Romanticism
(Also known as the Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism -
First Impressions
Pride and Prejudice, based on a youthful work of 1797 called First Impressions, is the second of Jane Austen's novels to be published -
Domestic Manners of the Americans
English author Frances Trollope ruffles transatlantic feathers with her Domestic Manners of the Americans, based on a 3-year stay -
Period: to
Victorian
Victorian literature is literature, mainly written in English, during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (the Victorian era). It was preceded by Romanticism and followed by the Edwardian era (1901–1910). source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_literature -
The Golden Bough
cottish anthropologist James Frazer publishes The Golden Bough, a massive compilation of contemporary knowledge about ritual and religious custom -
Period: to
Modern Literature
Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America, and is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_modernism -
The Shape of Things to Come
H.G. Wells publishes The Shape of Things to Come, a novel in which he accurately predicts a renewal of world war -
Period: to
Post Moderns
Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism -
Noddy
Enid Blyton introduces her most successful character, Noddy, a small boy who can't avoid nodding when he speaks -
War Requiem
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, setting poems by Wilfred Owen, is first performed in the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral -
Small is Beautiful
British economist Ernst Friedrich Schumacher publishes an influential economic tract, Small is Beautiful -
His Dark Materials
The Amber Spyglass completes a special collection from Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials. -
Period: to
Contemporary
Is the historical period from the beginning of the 21st century
