HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST PERIOD

450

OLD ENGLISH
(450-1056)

SECOND PERIOD

1066

Middle English
(1066-1500)

THIRD PERIOD

1500

ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
(1500-1660) This period is divided into 3 sub-periods
1. Elizabethan Period 1558-1603
2. Jacobean Period 1603-1625
3. Carolina Period 1625-1653

FOURTH PERIOD

1653

[PURITAN]
(1653-1660) Oliver Cromwell took England's throne...read more

FIFTH PERIOD

1660

RESTORATION AGE
King Charles II restored the monarchy
(1660-1700)

SIXTH PERIOD

1700

18Th CENTURY PERIOD
(1700-1798)
This period is divided into 2 eras:
1. Augustan Literature 1700-1750
2. Age of Sensibility 1750-1798

SEVENTH PERIOD

1798

ROMANTICISM (1798-1837) Romantic Poetry
Romantic Novel

EIGHT PERIOD

1837

VICTORIAN PERIOD (1837-1901)

NINTH PERIOD

1901

20Th CENTURY
MODERN LITERATURE (1901-1940)

TENTH PERIOD

1940

POST MODERN
(1940-2000)

ELEVENTH PERIOD

2000

CONTEMPORARY ERA