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1945 begins about the time World War II ended, Poststructuralist literary theory and criticism developed during this time.
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1914 - works written after the outbreak of World War I. Common characteristics include bold experimentation with theme, style and form, encompassing narrative, verse and drama. Common characteristics include bold experimentation with theme, style and form, encompassing narrative, verse and drama.
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(1910-1936) in this period is typically characterized by works of minor poets anthologized by Edward Marsh. Themes and subject matter tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally rather than passionately -
(1901-1914) covers the period between the death of Victoria and the outbreak of the First World War. Although it was a short period, it was an era of classical literature, but of notable poets. -
(1832-1901)It was a time of great social, religious, intellectual and economic problems, prose fiction really found its place in this era, the essay form advanced at this time. -
(1785-1832) refers to this great and diverse period of British literature, perhaps the most popular, characterized by the constant search for pre-industrial themes such as nature, Greco-Latin and medieval myths, as well as the constant search for originality. -
(1700-1745) neoclassical literature, they perfected the epistolary novel and moved closer to the comic genre, although The English novel was not very popular until the 18th century. -
(1660-1700) represented satirical plays about the new nobility and the growing bourgeoisie, it provided the ideas for the creation of the costumbrista comedy.
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(1649-1660) witnessed the birth of political literature; This period also saw the birth of the "new books", precursors of newspapers, with journalists, The continuous arrests of authors and the removal of their works, led to the idea of "license" being created.
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(1625-1649) The Caroline Age was dominated by growing religious, social and political discord between the king and his supporters, saw advances in the arts and sciences, saw the flowering of the arrogant poets and metaphysical poets. -
succeeded Elizabethan literature (1603 - 1625) and, was somber in tone, questioning the stability of the social order. Some of the most famous literary tragedies would date from the beginning of this period, Jacobean poetry embraced both graceful verse and courtly poets as well as intellectual complexities.
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(1600-1785), is subdivided into ages, which include The Restoration (1660-1700), The Age of Augustus (1700-1745) and The Age of Sensibility (1745-1785), Restoration comedies developed during this time; Satire also became quite popular. -
had a thriving literary production, especially in the field of theater, it is the golden century of English literature between approximately 1579 and 1660, full of images and puns, of great refinement and elegance.
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(1500-1660) This period is often subdivided into four parts, including the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603), the Jacobean Age (1603-1625), the Caroline Age (1625-1649) and the Commonwealth Period (1649-1660); the golden age of English drama. -
(1066-1500) great transition in the language, culture and lifestyle of England, much of the Middle English writings were religious in nature, This period is home to the likes of Chaucer , Thomas Malory and Robert Henryson. Notable works include "Piers Plowman" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". -
Literature was dominated by religious writings, which included poetry, theology and the lives of the saints, but also scientific works, this period was from the fall of the Western Roman Empire, 500 A.D. to the Renaissance of the 15th century.
