British Literature: Complete Timeline

Explore our comprehensive notes on British Literature, arranged chronologically for UGC NET English aspirants. Select a chapter below to view detailed topics.

• Chapter 1: Greco-Roman Period9th Century BC - 5th Century AD
• Chapter 2: Early History of Britain4th Century BC - 11th Century AD
• Chapter 3: Middle English Period11th - 16th Century AD (Chaucer & Contemporaries)
• Chapter 4: The Age of Chaucer1340 - 1400
• Chapter 5: From Chaucer to Spenser1400 - 1550 (Early Tudor Period)
• Chapter 6: The Age of Elizabeth1560 - 1640
• Chapter 7: Jacobean Period1603 - 1625
• Chapter 8: The Age of Milton & Civil War1642 - 1660
• Chapter 9: The Age of Restoration1660 – 1700 (Age of Dryden)
• Chapter 10: Augustan Poetry, Prose, Fiction1702 - 1784
• Chapter 11: The Age of Transition1740 - 1800
• Chapter 12: Romantic Revival1745 - 1798
• Chapter 13: Romantic Age1798 - 1815
• Chapter 14: The Victorian Period1837 - 1901
• Chapter 15: Early 20th Century LiteratureModernism & Beyond
• Chapter 16: Literature Between The Wars1918 - 1939
• Chapter 17: Post War Literature1945 - Present