English Literature: Unseen Poetry: literary time periods

When was the Renaissance period?

16th to mid 17th century

Who were the key Renaissance writers

• Shakespeare

• Marlowe

• Chaucer

• Petrarch

When was the Cavalier period?

17th century

Who were the key figures of Cavalier literature?

• Carew

• Lovelace

• Suckling

• Herrick

When was the Metaphysical period?

17th century

Who were the key metaphysical poets?

• Donne

• Herbert

• Marvell

• Vaughan

When was the Restoration period?

18th century

Who were the key restoration poets?

• Milton

• Dryden

• Wilmot

• Collier

When was the Romantic period?

19th century

Who were the key romantic poets?

• Keats

• Blake

• Wordsworth

• Shelley

• Coleridge

• Byron

When was the Victorian period?

Late 19th century

Who were the key Victorian poets?

• Browning

• Tennyson

• Swinburne

• Rossetti

When was the modernist period?

19th- mid-20th century