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Lesson 2: #Literature 450-1066  Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period Invasion of the German tribes to England Time:   Fifth century (450) to The Norman Conquest (1066) but it continues to 1150. Features:   Pagan origin, anonymous origin & the manuscripts of this period. Famous works: Four manuscripts are - The Beowulf (The greatest Germanic Epic poem)- It contains Beowulf & Judith. The Junius Ms- It contains so called Caedmonian poems. The Exeter Book - It contains two of the signed poems of Cynewulf. The Vercelli Book- It contains two of the signed poems of Cynewulf including "Elene and Andreas" & The Dream of the Rood" The Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period's Literature can be divided into two main categories: Poetry:  Beowulf is the example of Old English Poetry under epic category.  Then comes the Pagan Poetry--> 'Christian'. 'Widsith', 'The Far Traveller', 'Waldere', 'The Fight at Finnsburh', 'T...

Lesson 1: #Literature The name of the periods & the timeline: 450-1066  Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period ⬇️ 1066-1500  Middle English Period ⬇️ 1500-1660   The Renaissance (or Early Modern) ↪️ (Sub period) 1558-1603   Elizabethan Age (Queen Elizabeth) ⬇️ 1603-1625   Jacobean Age (James I) ⬇️ 1625-1649  Caroline Age (Charles I) ⬇️ 1649-1660 Commonwealth Period or Puritan Interregnum (Oliver Cromwell) ⬇️ 1660-1785 The Neoclassical Period  ↪️ (Sub period) 1660-1700  The Restoration (Age of Dryden) ⬇️   1700-1745  The Augustan Age (Age of Pope) ⬇️ 1745-1785 The Age of Sensibility (or Age of Johnson)  ⬇️ 1785-1832  The Romantic Period ⬇️ 1832-1901 The Victorian Period ↪️ (Sub period)   1848-1860  The Pre-Raphaelites  ⬇️ 1880-1901  Aestheticism and Decadence ⬇️ 1901-1914   The Edwardian Period ⬇️ 1910-1936   The Georgian Period ⬇️ 1914 -  The Modern Period ⬇️     1945 - Till...