id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-britannica-com-9652 English literature | History, Authors, Books, & Periods | Britannica .html text/html 2038 212 55 English literature | History, Authors, Books, & Periods | Britannica The Old English period Poetry Alliterative verse Prose Early translations into English The early Middle English period Poetry Influence of French poetry The Renaissance period: 1550–1660 Literature and the age Social conditions Elizabethan poetry and prose Development of the English language Early Stuart poetry and prose The Metaphysical poets Donne The post-Romantic and Victorian eras Early Victorian literature: the age of the novel Dickens https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature History World History of English literature English literature Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11) English literature Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) English literature, the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. Even English literature considered purely as a product of the British Isles is extraordinarily heterogeneous, however. ./cache/www-britannica-com-9652.html ./txt/www-britannica-com-9652.txt