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This period started with the Norman Conquest in1066 and ended with the end of fifteenth century. There are two ages in this period. The span from 1066 to 1340 is called Anglos-Norman Period because the literature of that period was written mainly in Anglo-Norman, the French dialect spoken by the new ruling class of England. The period from 1340 to 1400 is called the Age of Chaucer because Chaucer, the great poet, dominated this period. The time from 1066 to 1500 is also called the Middle Ages. -
This Age started in the fifth century when the Jutes, Angles and Saxons came to England from Germany, defeated the English tribes and started their reign. It ended in 1066 with the Norman Conquest. The historical events which influenced the literature of this period were:- Christianity reached England and Christianization of the pagan English tribes began. In the 7th century monasteries were established where a written literature began.
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The "Early Modern Age" period, but here we retain the historically familiar term "Renaissance".Some of its notable figures include Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, and, of course, William Shakespeare. -
The Neoclassical period is also subdivided into ages, including The Restoration (1660–1700), The Augustan Age (1700–1745), and The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785). The Restoration period sees some response to the puritanical age, especially in the theater. Restoration comedies (comedies of manner) developed during this time under the talent of playwrights such as William Congreve and John Dryden. -
Romanticism is arguably the largest literary and artistic movement of the 1700's, according to many scholars.The Romantic Period of poetry occurred when England was transforming its economy from agriculture to trade, manufacturing, and commerce. The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time..."
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The Victorian period is in strong conflict with the Romantic period as the most popular, influential, and prolific period in all of English (and world) literature. Poets of this era include Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Matthew Arnold. -
The Edwardian era (1901-1914) is the last period in British history to be named after the monarch who reigned over it. Although Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910 to be succeeded by George V, the Edwardian period is generally considered to have ended at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. -
The Georgian period generally refers to the reign of George V (1910-1936), but sometimes also includes the reigns of the four successive Georges from 1714-1830. Here, we refer to the above description as it applies chronologically and covers, for example, Georgian poets, such as Ralph Hodgson, John Masefield, WH Davies, and Rupert Brooke.Today, Georgian poetry is typically considered the works of minor poets anthologized by Edward Marsh. -
The modern period is traditionally applied to works written after the start of the First World War. Common characteristics include bold experimentation with subject, style, and form, spanning narrative, verse, and drama. Many, including Gertrude Stein (around whom the others gathered), F. Scott
Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, e. e. cummings, Sherwood Anderson, and William Slater Brown, even became expatriates in Europe during the 1920s. -
As implied by its name, the Postmodernist period occurred directly after the Modernist period. Events that inspired this movement were the end of World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights movement. Postmodernism works were characterized by multiple qualities. Some say the period ended around 1990.Some notable writers of the period include Samuel Beckett, Joseph Heller,. Lively, and Iain Banks.