Periods OF English literature

Periods OF English literature

                                                  Periods OF  English literature:

1.      English literature before Chaucer-

(a)    Anglo Saxon Period (450-1050)

(b)   The Anglo Norman period (1066-1340)

2.      The Age of Chaucer    (1340-1400)

3.      The Fifteenth Century ( from the death of Chaucer to the Renaissance (1400-1516)

4.      The Early Renaissance (1516-1558)

5.      The Age of Shakespeare (1558-1625)

6.      The Age of Puritanism (1625-1660)

7.      The Restoration Period or the Age of Dryden( 1660-1700)

8.      The Age of Pope (1700-1750)

9.      The Age of Dr. Johnson or the Age of Transition (1750-1798)

10.  The Renaissance of Wonder or the Age of Wordsworth (1798-1850)

11.   The Victorian Era ( 1850-1900)

12.  The Age of Interrogation and Anxiety or the Modern Age