Comparing British and American
Literary-Historical Periods
| British Literature | American Literature |
| Old English Period: 428-1100 | |
| Anglo-Norman Period: 1100-1350 | |
| Middle English Period: 1350-1500 | |
| Renaissance Period: 1500-1660 | Exploration, Discovery, Encounter: 1492-1620 |
| Colonialism and Puritanism: 1620-1720 | |
| Neoclassic Period: 1660-1798 | |
| Reason and Revolution: 1720-1820 | |
| Romantic Period: 1798-1870 | Romantic Period: 1820-1865 |
| Realistic Period: 1870-1914 | Realism and Naturalism: 1865-1914 |
| Modern Period: 1914-1965 | Modernism: 1914-1945 |
| Post-Modern Period: 1965-Present | Post-Modernism: 1945-Present |