1. PERIODS OF
BRITISH LITERATURE

2. BRITISH LITERATURE LITERARY PERIODS
Prepared by Prof. Mario O. Castillo Rangel
Survey of English Literature I and II
January 2009
Contents correspond to
Chronology (Burnley xxi)
Background (Miller et al )
Restoration and 18th Century (Damrosch et at )

3. About Timelines Time has no divisions to mark its passage,
there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets
to announce the beginning of a new month or year.
Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann, novelist, Nobel laureate ( )
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. -Thomas Mann, novelist, Nobel laureate ( )

4. (or Anglo-Saxon) Period:
Old English
(or Anglo-Saxon) Period
Alternative Timelines:
Old English (Gottlieb 2000)
(Burnley 2000)

5. 1066-1500: Middle English Period 1200-1500 (Gottlieb 2000)
Early Middle English (Burnley 2000)
Later Middle English (Burnley 2000)

6. 1500-1660: The Renaissance 1500-1558: Tudor Period
: Elizabethan Age
: Jacobean Age
: Caroline Age
: Commonwealth Period
(or Puritan Interregnum)
English Renaissance (Gottlieb 2000)
Early Modern English (Burnley 2000)
The Renaissance (Unknown Internet Source)
: Elizabethan Age
: Jacobean Age
: Caroline Age
: Commonwealth Period
(or Puritan Interregnum)

7. 1660-1785: The Eighteenth Century: The Neoclassical Period
: The Restoration
: The Augustan Age
(or Age of Pope)
: The Age of Sensibility
(or Age of Johnson)

8. :
The Romantic Period
The Age of Revolution

9. 1830-1901: The Victorian Period
Early, Middle and Late Victorian
: The Pre-Raphaelites
: Aestheticism and Decadence

10. 1901-1960: The Modern Period 1901-1910: The Edwardian era
: The Georgian era
There are other timelines for this. Consider the following:
: The Edwardian Period
: The Georgian Period
: The Modern Period

11. 1960 - present: Postmodern Period
Consider other possibilities:
1945-present: Postmodern Period
1960- Post Modern and Contemporary Period

12. ADDITIONAL NOTES
PERIODS AND ERAS
IN ENGLISH HISTORY

13. Relevant Periods in English History
Stuart Period (1603–1714)
Georgian era (1714–1830)
British Regency (1811–1820)

14. Periods and eras in English History
Tudor period (1485–1603)
Elizabethan era (1558–1603)
Stuart Period (1603–1714)
Jacobean era (1603 – 1625)
Caroline era (1625—1642)
Georgian era (1714–1830)
British Regency (1811–1820)
Edwardian period (1901–1910)

15. Stuart Period
Jacobean Age - James VI of Scotland and I of England ( )
Carolean Age - Charles I of England and Scotland ( )
Commonwealth (English Interregnum : 11 years)
Restoration Age : Charles II of England ( ) and Scotland ( )
James VI of Scotland and I of England ( ) - Jacobean Age
Charles I of England and Scotland ( ) - Carolean Age
During the period between Charles I and Charles II, England was a Republican Commonwealth, and then a Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell and Richard Cromwell. This period of 11 years is known as the English Interregnum.
Charles II of England ( ) and Scotland ( ) - Restoration Age
James II of England and VII of Scotland ( ) (continued to claim the English and Scottish thrones after his deposition in 1688 until his death in 1701)
Mary II of England and Scotland ( ) - with William III of England and II of Scotland ( ), of the House of Orange-Nassau, a descendant of Charles I
Anne of Great Britain ( ) - Augustan Age

16. Stuart Period (Cont.)
James II of England and VII of Scotland ( )
Mary II of England and Scotland ( ) - with William III of England and II of Scotland ( ),
Augustan Age - Anne of Great Britain ( )
James VI of Scotland and I of England ( ) - Jacobean Age
Charles I of England and Scotland ( ) - Carolean Age
During the period between Charles I and Charles II, England was a Republican Commonwealth, and then a Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell and Richard Cromwell. This period of 11 years is known as the English Interregnum.
Charles II of England ( ) and Scotland ( ) - Restoration Age
James II of England and VII of Scotland ( ) (continued to claim the English and Scottish thrones after his deposition in 1688 until his death in 1701)
Mary II of England and Scotland ( ) - with William III of England and II of Scotland ( ), of the House of Orange-Nassau, a descendant of Charles I
Anne of Great Britain ( ) - Augustan Age

17. Works Cited and Sources
Damrosch, David, ed. The Longman Anthology of British Literature. Volume A. 2nd Compact Edition. London: Longman, 2004.
David Burnley. The History of the English Language. 2nd ed. London: Pearson Education, 2000.
Glatthorn, Allan A., Charles W. Kreidler & Enerst J.Heiman. ­The Dynamics of Language. Book 4. USA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1971.

18. Works Cited and Sources
Jordan, Constance, and Clare Carroll. “The Early Modern Period.” The Longman Anthology of British Literature. Ed. David Damrosch. Vol.A. London: Longman,
Miller, James E., Jr., Myrtle J. Jones, and Helen McDonnel. England in Literature. Macbeth Edition. London: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1973.
Nist, John. A Structural History of English. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1966.