A Gender-Neutral History of English Literature with Contexts

A Gender-Neutral History of English Literature with Contexts

"A Gender-Neutral History of English Literature with Contexts" offers a comprehensive and inclusive overview of English literature. It includes key timelines of political, economic, and religious contexts, lists of women and men writers for each period, and explores major themes often overlooked in traditional literary histories. EARLY PERIODS OF LITERATURE These periods are spans of time in which literature shared intellectual, linguistic, religious, and artistic influences. In the Western tradition, the early periods of literary history are roughly as follows below: A. THE CLASSICAL AGE (1200 BCE - 455 CE) This age comprises of four periods in the early history of literature. I. HOMERIC OR HEROIC PERIOD (1200-800 BCE) The Homeric or Heroic period was a time in ancient Greek history marked by the oral transmission of legends and myths, including the famous epics The Iliad and The Odyssey attributed to the poet Homer. According to William H…