Question- Give the classification of English Literature?

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Classification of English Literature

The classification of English Literature is focused on English language Literature rather than the literature of England, so that is includes writers from Scotland, Wales the Crown dependencies, and the whole of Ireland as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States. However, the crown dependencies and Ireland. It does not include literature written in the order languages of Britain.

The English language / literature has developed over the course of more than 1400 year. The earliest form of English, a set of Anglo-Frision dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon Settlers in the fifty century are called old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England. Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and king James Bible. as well as the Great Vowel Shift. The classification of English Literature as following-

1. Old English literature (450–1066)
2. Middle English literature (1066–1500)
3. Romantic Novel, Romanticism in America.
4. Victorian literature (1837–1901)
5. The victorian novel
6. The victorian poetry
7. The victorian drama.
8. Modernism (1940–1922) and (1922–1940)
9. Post Modernism (1940–2000)
10. Medieval theatre
11. English Renaissance (1500–1660)
12. Elizabethan period (1558–1603)
13. Jacobean period (1603–1625)
14. Late Renaissance (1625–1660)
15. Restoration Age (1660–1700)
16. Auguston literature (1700–1750)
17. Age of Sensibility (1705–1798)
18. Romanticism (1798–1837)

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