DRAMA

Periods in English literature :

1. 450-1066: Old ENGLISH (or Anglo-Saxon) Period

2. 1066-1500: Middle ENGLISH Period

3. 1500-1660: The Renaissance (or Early Modern)

·         1558-1603 Elizabethan Age

·         1603-1625 Jacobean Age

·         1625-1649 Caroline Age

·         1649-1660 Commonwealth Period (or Puritan Interregnum)

4. 1660-1785: The Neoclassical Period

·         1660-1700: The Restoration

·         1700-1745: The Augustan Age

·         1745-1785: The Age of Sensibility (or Age of Johnson)

5. 1785-1832: The Romantic Period

 6. 1832-1901: The Victorian Period

·         1848-1860: The Pre-Raphaelites

·         1880-1901: Aestheticism and Decadence

7. 1901-1945: The Modern Period

·         1901-1914: The Edwardian Period

·         1914-1939: The Georgian Period

8. 1945-1970: The Post-war Period

9. 1970— The Postmodern Period