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Historical Periods

It is confusing to identify the difference between Literary movements and historical Periods. it is also called The Literary Period timeline

c. 450–1066

Old English Period

1066–1500

Middle English Period

1500–1660

The Renaissance

Sub-periods:

Elizabethan Era (1558–1603)
Jacobean Era (1603–1625)
Caroline Era (1625–1649)
Caroline Era (1625–1649)

1660–1700

Restoration Period

Restoration and Neoclassical Periods Overlap
Why Neoclassical and Restoration Periods Overlap?

(1660–1798)(overlaps but extends further)

Neoclassical Period

Note: Neoclassical Period also Overlaps and extends further as 18th Century Literature.

1700–1798

18th Century Literature

Augustan Age (1700–1750)
Age of Sensibility (1750–1798)

1798–1837

Romantic Period

1837–1901

Victorian Period

1901–1945

Modernist Period

1945–Present

Postmodern Period

Late 20th Century–Present

Contemporary Period