A Chronological View into English Literature

  • Period: 450 to 1066

    Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period

    731 - The Venerable Bede
    975 to 1025 - Beowulf.
    959 The material of the Eddas
  • Period: 1066 to 1500

    Middle English Period

    1367 - The epic poem Of Piers Plowman.
    1387
  • Period: 1500 to

    The Renaissance

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    The Neoclassical Period

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    The Romantic Period

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    The Victorian Period

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    The Edwardian Period

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    The Georgian Period

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    The Modern Period

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    The Postmodern Period