'The Neoclassical Period' of English Literature ended in -

• 'The Neoclassical Period' of English Literature ended in - 1785.- 1660–1785-time frame is known as 'The Neoclassical Period' of English Literature.- The Neoclassical Period তিনটি ছোট যুগ বা period নিয়ে গঠিত-- The Restoration Period (1660-1700)- The Augustan Age (1702-1745)- The Age of Sensibility (1745-1785) - The Neoclassical Period কে Neoclassical বা Pseudo-classical Age ও বলা হয়ে থাকে।- Pseudo অর্থ ছদ্ম বা নকল, এই Pseudo দ্বারা এই যুগের লেখকদের artificiality বোঝানো হয়েছে।- কারণ তারা লেখালেখির ক্ষেত্রে ancient Greek and Roman সাহিত্য নির্দেশনা কে অনুসরণ করলেও Greek and Roman লেখকেদের originality Neoclassical যুগের লেখকদের মধ্যে অনুপস্থিত।- এই যুগের Literary ideal ছিল art's for man's sake, যেখানে human being কে সবথেকে বেশি গুরুত্ব দেয়া হয়েছে। • এই যুগের বিখ্যাত সাহিত্যিকগণ -- John Milton,- John Dryden,- Alexander Pope,- Henry Fielding,- Daniel Defoe,- John Bunyan,- Thomas Gray,- Aphra Behn,- William Congreve,- Dr. Samuel Johnson,- Oliver Goldsmith, etc. • English Literature Periods and their sub-ages: 1. The Old English Period (450 -1066) 2. The Middle English Period (1066 -1500)i) The Anglo-Norman Period.ii) The Age of Chaucer. 3. The Renaissance Period (1500 -1660)i) Elizabethan Period (1558-1603),ii) Jacobean Period (1603-1625),iii) Caroline Period (1625-1649) andiv) Commonwealth Period (1649-1660). 4. The Neoclassical Period (1660 -1785)i) The Restoration Period (1660-1700),ii) The Augustan Period (1700-1745) andiii) The Age of Sensibility (1745-1785/1798). 5. The Romantic Period (1798 -1832) 6. The Victorian Period (1832 -1901)i) The Pre-Raphaelites: (1848-1860),ii) Aestheticism & Decadence: (1880-1901), 7. The Modern Period (1901 -1939)• The Modern Period (1901-1939) is divided into two shorter periods.1. The Edwardian Period (1901-1910),2. The Georgian Period (1910-1939),- The Modern English period was one of the most significant literary periods 8. Present: The Post Modern Period (1939 ) Source: Enotes.com and Britannica, An ABC of English Literature By Dr M Mofizar Rahman