LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Anglo-Norman Period
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Middle English Period
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Renaissance Period
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Neoclassic Period
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Romantic Period
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most important 8 periods of English Literature are: Old English (Anglo-Saxon Period): 450–1066. Middle English Period: 1066-1500. Renaissance: 1500-1600.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Middle English’ – a period of roughly 300 years from around 1150 CE to around 1450 – is difficult to identify because it is a time of transition between two eras that each have stronger definition: Old English and Modern English.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anglo-Saxon literature (or Old English literature) encompasses literature written in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of Britain, from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Colonial and Early National Period (17th century to 1830) The Romantic Period (1830 to 1870) Realism and Naturalism (1870 to 1910) The Modernist Period (1910 to 1945) The Contemporary Period (1945 to present)
Detailed explanation-5: -Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period (450–1066) Middle English Period (1066–1500) The Renaissance (1500–1660) The Neoclassical Period (1600–1785) The Romantic Period (1785–1832) The Victorian Period (1832–1901) The Edwardian Period (1901–1914) The Georgian Period (1910–1936) More items •03-Feb-2020