Sanders Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature

Oxford: Claredon Press, 1994. — 656 p.A Note on the Text
Introduction: Poets' Corners: The Development of a Canon of English Literature
Old English Literature
Medieval Literature 1066-1510
Renaissance and Reformation: Literature 1510-1620
Revolution and Restoration: Literature 1620-1690
Eighteenth-Century Literature 1690-1780
The Literature of the Romantic Period 1780-1830
High Victorian Literature 1830-1880
Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature 1880-1920
Modernism and its Alternatives: Literature 1920-1945
Post-War and Post-Modern Literature
Chronology