2-] English Literature

2-] English Literature

Periods of English Literature

The most important  periods of English Literature are:

1-]Old English (Anglo-Saxon Period): 450–1066

2-]Middle English Period: 1066-1500

3-]Renaissance: 1500-1600

4-]Neoclassical Period: 1600-1785

5-]Romantic Period: 1785-1832

6-]Victorian Age: 1832-1901

7-]Edwardian Period: 1901-1914

8-]Georgian Period: 1910-1936

9-]Modern Period: Early 20th century

10-]Postmodern Period: Mid-20th century

Old English Literature: 5th – 14th Century

Medieval English Literature: 14th to 15th Century

Elizabethan Age or The Golden Age of English Literature: 16th Century to Early 17th Century

Restoration Age (17th-18th Century)

The 18th Century English Literature

The Romantic Period: From 19th Century

20th Century Literature

An Outline History of English Literature

Here is a detailed outline of the History of English Literature from its beginning from the Classical Period to the Post-Modern Age:

 

Major Periods	Highlights
The Classical Period (1200 BCE-455 BCE)	Homeric or Heroic Period (1200-800 BCE) Classical Greek Period (800-200 BCE) Classical Roman Period (200 BCE-455 BCE) Patristic Period (c.70 CE-455 CE)
The Medieval Period (455 CE-1485 CE)	The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period (423-1066 CE) The Middle English Period (c.1066-1450 CE)
The Renaissance and Reformation (1485-1660 CE)	Early Tudor Period (1485-1558) Elizabethan Period (1558-1603) Jacobean Period(1603-1625) Caroline Age (1625-1649) Commonwealth Period/ Puritan Interregnum(1649-1660)
The Enlightenment (Neoclassical) Period (1660-1790 CE)	Restoration Period (1660-1700) The Augustan Age (1700-1750) The Age of Johnson (1750-1790)
The Romantic Period (1790-1830 CE)	Romantic poets & Gothic writings
The Victorian Period and the 19th Century (1832-1901 CE)	Sentimental Novels & Intellectual Movements like Aestheticism and the Decadence.
The Modern Period (1914-1945 CE)	Modernist Writers, Realism, etc.
The Postmodern Period (1945 – onward)	Metafiction, Multiculturalism, Magic Poetry, etc.