A Chronological View into English Literature By facebooker_576042070395777 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 1660 The Renaissance Period: 1600 to 1785 The Neoclassical Period Period: 1785 to 1832 The Romantic Period Period: 1832 to 1901 The Victorian Period Period: 1901 to 1914 The Edwardian Period Period: 1910 to 1936 The Georgian Period Period: 1914 to 1945 The Modern Period Period: 1945 to 2000 The Postmodern Period