Important periods of English Literature

Important periods of English Literature

 

1.     The Old English Period : 450 – 1066

2.     The Middle English Period : 1066 – 1500

·               1066 – 1340 : The Anglo Norman Period

·               1340 – 1400 : The Age of Chaucer

·                    1400 – 1485/1500 : The Dark / Barren Period

3.     The Renaissance Period : 1500 – 1660

·        1500 – 1558 : Preparation for Renaissance

·        1558 – 1603 : The Elizabethan Period

·        1603 – 1625 : The Jacobean Period

·        1625 – 1649 : The Caroline Period

·        1649 – 1660 : The Commonwealth Period

Note : 1590 – 1616 : Age of Shakespeare & 1620 – 1660 : Puritan Period

4.     The Neo-Classical Period : 1660 – 1798

·        1660 – 1700 : The Restoration Period

·        1700 – 1745 : The Augustan Period

·        1745 – 1785/98 : The Age of Sensibility

5.     The Romantic Period : 1798 – 1832

6.     The Victorian Period : 1832 – 1901

7.     The Modern Period : 1901 – 1939

8.     The Post Modern Period : 1939 – Present