ENGL 2120: British Literature Timeline

A time of art London’s Burning: The Great Fire Historical Overview Industrialization Sea Power Britian at war A new set of Ideas Living Conditions The Romantic Hero Romantic Feminism The Act of Union: England and Scotland Literature: Discoveries of Science Rise of Children’s Literature Literature: Reclaiming of the past Literature: Realism Great Reform Act Ten Hour Act Death of Princess Diana Literature: Romantic Period The Time is Now Contemporary is Changing History Creates the Present Characters in Contemporary Lit 7/7 Bombings Women in the Church Royal Wedding Fashion Government Religion Frrench Revolution and Slavry Religious Controversies Enlightenment and The Need for Knowledge A Divided Society Life in Britian Changes in Parlement Social Beliefs Politics and Religion British Ideals Victorian Religion Victorian Politics The Titanic Sinks Women's Suffrage Death of Charles II Artistic Religion The End of the Tudors Medieval Period Restoration & 18th Century Romantic Period Victorian Period Modernist Period Contemporary Period Early Modern Period English Renaissance Great Potato Famine Jack the Ripper Murders Reign of the Tudors A trip back Start of the Anglican Church of England First British Colony in North America The English Civil War and The Revolution Individualism Experimentation Absurdity The Hundred Years' War Middle English Code of Chivalry Irish Famine: “The Year of Slaughter” English Reformation The World Wars British society and Women's rights British Ideals and Class system Peasant Revolt Caedmon's Hymn World War I