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British Literature

By mfaigal
  • 450

    Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period

    Old English/Anglo-Saxon Period
    450-1066 The Old English/Anglo-Saxon period refers to literature produced from when Germanic tribes invaded England in the first half of the 5th century until William the Conqueror claimed England in 1066. [Old English linguistics](<a href='http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldenglish.htm)' >Old English linguistics</a>
  • Period: 450 to

    Literary Periods

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Middle English Period

    Middle English Period
    1066-1500 The Middle English Period consists of the literature produced from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to about 1500. Literary language came from London and became standardized as "modern English."
  • Jan 1, 1342

    Geoffrey Chaucer is born

    Geoffrey Chaucer is born
    Historians do not know Chaucer's exact birth date in 1342. He wrote Canterbury Tales.
  • Oct 25, 1400

    Chaucer's death

    Chaucer's death
  • Feb 7, 1477

    St. Thomas More born

    St. Thomas More born
  • Jan 1, 1490

    publication of Canterbury Tales

    publication of Canterbury Tales
    early 15th century, originally circulated in hand-written manuscripts
  • Jan 1, 1500

    the Renaissance

    the Renaissance
    1500-1660 <ahref='http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ren.html' >intro to Renaissance history</a>
  • Apr 23, 1516

    William Shakespeare's death

    William Shakespeare's death
  • Jul 6, 1535

    St. Thomas More executed

    St. Thomas More executed
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare born

    William Shakespeare born
    William Shakespeare is born at Stratford-on-Avon

  • John Milton born

    John Milton born

  • the Neoclassical Period

    the Neoclassical Period
    1660-1785

  • Paradise Lost publishing agreement

    Paradise Lost publishing agreement
    Milton makes an agreement with Samuel Simmons to publish up to 4500 copies of Paradise Lost

  • Milton died

    Milton died
    Nov 1674

  • Alexander Pope born

    Alexander Pope born

  • Alexander Pope's death

    Alexander Pope's death

  • William Wordsworth born

    William Wordsworth born

  • Jane Austen born

    Jane Austen born

  • the Romantic Period

    the Romantic Period
    1785-1830

  • Charles Dickens born

    Charles Dickens born

  • Charlotte Bronte born

    Charlotte Bronte born

  • Jane Austen's death

    Jane Austen's death

  • the Victorian Period

    the Victorian Period
    1832-1901

  • William Wordsworth's death

    William Wordsworth's death

  • Charlotte Bronte's death

    Charlotte Bronte's death

  • William Butler Yeats born

    William Butler Yeats born

  • H.G. Wells born

    H.G. Wells born

  • Charles Dickens' death

    Charles Dickens' death

  • the Edwardian Period

    the Edwardian Period
    1901-1914

  • the Georgian Period

    the Georgian Period
    1910-1936

  • the Modern Period

    the Modern Period
    1914-1945

  • William Butler Yeats' death

    William Butler Yeats' death

  • Postmodernism

    Postmodernism
    1945-present

  • H.G. Wells' death

    H.G. Wells' death

  • Beowulf

    Beowulf
    early 8th century Germanic epic poem, primary example of the oral tradition moving into poetic written tradition 2 poets from this period with religious themes: Caedmon and Cynewulf Beowulf