Literary Time Periods
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1914-1965
During this time period, modernism gained a powerful ascendancy. Writers of the time turned inward for their subject matter and expressed bitter and often despairing cyunicism. -
Modern Period
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1700-1750
Classical ideals of taste, polish, common sense, and reason were more important that emotion and imagination. Deism was advancing, and the rule of reason resulted in literature that was realistic, satirical, moral, correct, and stron -
Augustan Age
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1649-1660
This was the period between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II in 1660. Although the theaters were closed in 1642, dramatic performances continued more or less openly. The prose of -
Commonwealth Interregnum
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1750-1798
The novel continued to flourish with sentimental attitudes and Gothic horrors. Little was accomplished in Drama besides the creation of laughing comedy by Sheridan and Goldsmith in reaction against sentimental comedy. The poets were -
Age of Johnson
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1625-1649
This period coincides with the reign of Charles I, 1625 - 1649. The writers of this age wrote with refinement and elegance. This era produced a circle of poets known as the "Cavalier Poets" and the dramatists of this age we -
Caroline Age
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1066-1500
This is the period between the replacement of French by Middle English as the language of court and the early appearances of definetly Modern English writings. This time was marked by the Age of Chaucer (political and religious unres -
Middle English Period
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1558-1603
This was during the reign of Elizabeth I. It was an age of great nationalistic expansion, commercial growth, religious controversy (which all saw the development of English drama to its highest level,) a great outburst of lyric poetr -
Elizabethan Age
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428-1100
This was the period between the invasion of England by the Teutonic tribes of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes and the establishment of Norman rule. Learning and culture flourished in the monastaries. Whitby was the cradle of English poetry -
Old English Period
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1603-1625
This occurred during the reign of James I. Early literature was a rich flowering of the Elizabethan, and later literature showed the attitudes characteristic of the Caroline Age. The breach between the Puritans and the Cavaliers wide - Jacobean Age
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1660-1798
This is the time between the return of the Stuarts to the throne in 1660 and the publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' by Wordsworth and Coleridge in 1798. It consists of the Restoration Age, Augustan Age, and Age of Johnson. -
Neoclassic Period
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1870-1914
The complacency and optimism of the early years of Victoria's rule was being replaced by Newton's mechanics, Darwin's evolution, Marx's view of history, Comte's view of society and Taine's view of literature. It was a time of revolt -
Realistic Period
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1901-1914
This is the period between the death of Victoria in 1901 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914. It was marked by a strong reaction in thought, conduct, and art to the stiff propriety and conservatism of the Victorian Age. -
Edwardian Period
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1965-
The empire continued to shrink to an island realm. Struggles in Ireland between Catholics and Protestants instensified and demanded more and more of the attention of the English. Playwrites were John Osborne, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stopp -
Post-Modernist Period
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1500-1557
There was literary experimentation and borrowing from French and Italian writings. The late medieval drama was still dominant, with mystery plays, moralities, and interludes. The most important single books was Tottel’s Miscellany -
Early Tudor Age
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1100-1350
Writings in native English were few. The last entry in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicles" was made at Peterborough in 1154. The first recorded miracle play in England was the "Play of St. Catherine," which was performed -
Anglo-Norman Period
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1660-1700
The literature reflects the reaction against Puritanism, the receptiveness to French influence, and the dominance of classical points of view. There was a revival of drama under new influences and theories. Dryden was the greatest po -
Restoration Age
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1798-1832
The careers of Wordsworht, Coleridge, Byro, Mary and P.B. Shelley, Felicia Hemans, and Keats flowered. Scott created the historical novel. Wordsworth and Coleridge articulated a revolutionary theory of romantic poetry. Jane Austen wr -
Age of the Romantic Movement
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1870-1901
This is the time between 1870 and the death of Queen Victoria. There was a tendency to look with critical eyes on human beings, society, ,and God, to ask pragmatic questions, and to seek utilitarian answers. Novelists were George Eli -
Late Victorian
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1500-1660
It consists of the Early Tudor Age, Elizabethan Age, Jacobean Age, Caroline Age, and Commonwealth Interregnum. Early on authors felt the impact of classical learning and of foreign literatures, together with some release from church -
Renaissance
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1832-1870
There was a gradual tempering of the romantic impulse and steady growth of realism in English letters. A new poetry developed, more keenly aware of social issues and more makrked by doubts and uncertainties resulting from the pains o -
Early Victorian Age
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