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450
450-1066 Old English
Between 450 and 1066 is when we have the first texts to which we can refer to the history of English literature. What is preserved and what we can study is because there are manuscripts, copies, in convents / religious places. Written in Old English (Germanic language) -
731
The Venerable Bede
The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people -
800
Beowulf
The first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons -
950
The material of the Eddas
Taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy -
1066
1066-1500 Middle English
Was a form of the English language spoken after the Norman conquest (1066) until the late 15th century. English underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period -
1300
Duns Scotus
Known as the Subtle Doctor in medieval times, later provides humanists with the name Dunsman or dunce -
1367
William Langland
A narrator who calls himself Will, and whose name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of Piers Plowman -
1387
Chaucer
Chaucer completes Troilus and Criseyde, his long poem about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy -
1500
1500 - 1660 English Renaissance
English renaissance was a period called Tudor period, or the period of rebirth -
1524
William Tyndale
Studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English -
Marlowe
Tamburlaine the Great, features the shocking blank verse of the Elizabethan and Jacobean drama -
Shakespeare
The central character of Shakespeare in Hamlet expresses both the ideals of the Renaissance and the disappointment of a less confident era -
John Smith
John Smith publishes A Description of New England, a review of his exploration of the region in 1614 -
John Milton
John Milton's Lycidas is published in memory of a Cambridge friend, Edward King -
1653 - 1660 Period Puritan
The Puritan period was also known as John Milton´s era, who was a prominent writer -
1660 – 1700 Restoration Age
This period is called the age of Dryden because he was the dominating literary figure in the age -
John Locke
John Locke publishes his Essay on human understanding, arguing that all knowledge is based on experience -
1700 – 1798 18Th Century
It is also called Neoclassical period, it was influenced by contemporary French literature -
Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding presents a character of lasting appeal in the scruffy but good-hearted Tom Jones -
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton, who was later hailed as an important poet, commits suicide in a London attic -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine publishes his complete Age of Reason, an attack on conventional Christianity -
1798 – 1837 Romanticism
This Romantic Era was about people´s ancient connection and reverence with nature -
Samuel Taylor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is published in Lyrical Ballads -
William Blake
William Blake includes his poem 'Jerusalem' in the Preface to his book Milton -
William Cobbett
William Cobbett begins his journeys round England, published in 1830 as Rural Rides -
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' first novel, Oliver Twist, begins monthly publication (in book form, 1838) -
1837- 1901 Period Victorian
The Victorian period was significant for Britain because it was the most powerful nation -
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Mark Roget publishes his dictionary of synonyms, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases -
George Eliot
The English author George Eliot gains fame with his first full-length novel, Adam Bede -
George du Maurier
French artist and author George du Maurier publishes his novel Trilby -
1901- 1940 Modern Literature
rejecting romanticism and presented experimentation -
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling publish Just So Stories for Little Children -
James Joyce
James Joyce post Just So Stories for Little Children -
Henry Williamson
Henry Williamson wins a large number of readers with Tarka the Otter, a realistic story of the life and death of an otter in Devon -
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes defines its economy in the general theory of employment, interests and money -
1940 – 2000 Post Moderns
period of change after the second world war. appeared techniques, such as fragmentation, paradox and narration -
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl publishes a novel for children, James and the Giant Peach -
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch publishes The Sea, the Sea, and wins the 1978 Booker Award -
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes publishes a multifaceted literary novel, Flaubert's Parrot -
Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn publishes Mandolin of Captain Corelli, a love story set in the Kefalonia occupied by the Italians -
Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass completes Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials -
2000 - 2019 Contemporary
Contemporary literature works reflect the social and / or political views of a society, shown through realistic characters, connections with current events and socio-economic messages.
