An Exploration of the Periods of English Literature

Names of the germanic tribes that invaded England in the Old English period:

• Navajos

• Anglos

• Apaches

• Saxons

This period of the Enlglish Literature is divided into: The Elizabethan Age, The Jacobean Age, The Caroline Age, and The Commonwealth Period.

• Old-Enlgish

• Middle English

• The Renaissence

• The Neoclassical

This period of the Enlglish Literature is divided into: The Restoration period, The Augustan Age, and The Age of Sensibility.

• Old-Enlgish

• Middle English

• The Renaissence

• The Neoclassical

This period finished with the conquest of King William:

• The Renaissence

• Middle English

• Old English

• The Neoclassical

A famous written work of the Old-English period is:

• The Canterbury Tales.

• Beowulf

• Gulliver’s Travels.

• Romeo and Juliet

In this period, there was a huge transition in the English culture and language.

• Old-English

• Middle English

• The Renaissence

• The Neoclassical

"Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight" is a popular written work from the period:

• Old-English

• Middle English

• The Renaissence

• The Neoclassical

The Victorian Period

• Marked by a revival of classical learning, humanism, and exploration .

• The themes and subject matter tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally.

• The time of great social, religious, intellectual, and economic issues, heralded by the passage of the Reform Bill, which expanded voting rights.

• Covers the period between Victoria’s death and the outbreak of World War I.

The Georgian Period

• Marked by a revival of classical learning, humanism, and exploration .

• The themes and subject matter tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally.

• The time of great social, religious, intellectual, and economic issues, heralded by the passage of the Reform Bill, which expanded voting rights.

• Covers the period between Victoria’s death and the outbreak of World War I.

The Edwardian Period

• Marked by a revival of classical learning, humanism, and exploration .

• The themes and subject matter tended to be rural or pastoral in nature, treated delicately and traditionally.

• The time of great social, religious, intellectual, and economic issues, heralded by the passage of the Reform Bill, which expanded voting rights.

• Covers the period between Victoria’s death and the outbreak of World War I.