was accepted with reluctance and it was rather a medley of the forgotten Gothic and the naïve Renaissance. No field in England was untouched by the revolution caused by Renaissance. The English literature was marked by the works of poets like Edmund Spenser and John Milton‚ playwrights like William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe and philosophers like Sir Thomas More and Sir Francis Bacon. Some produced works which explained the English Christian beliefs; some represented English thought on life
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Hum2232: Renaissance/Baroque Jill Werlink Florence Neubauer 3/11/13 Women on the Move-Discussion Wkst 2 Professional Women in the Renaissance 1. A) The first professional published
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poets and the Elizabethans took it up with great enthusiasm after it was introduced into English poetry by Wyatt and Surrey. The Elizabethan poets used it to woo their mistresses and to display their poetic skills. Notable among those poets were Edmund Spenser‚ Sir Philip Sidney and‚ of course‚ William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was very conscious of his skill in writing sonnets and referred to it constantly in the sonnets themselves‚ although in a joking manner. He also referred ironically to his skills
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the author. Many poems of great poets of this period reflect this theme‚ such as Sonnet 75 of Spenser‚ Sonnet 18 and 55 of Shakespeare‚ etc. With the same theme‚ different poets have different ways to show their opinions and their attitudes. Philip Martin‚ in his study of sonnets of Shakespeare and others‚ concludes three kinds of attitudes: first‚ most poets says man is immortal in his poem; second‚ Spenser steps ahead that “you are immortal in my poem‚ from which our love will reach out to enhance
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earlier mentioned conflict between the Christian and Platonic visions especially of love and eroticism will be touched upon. To begin with‚ in what follows immediately‚ we will examine some aspects of the sonnet and of the courtly love tradition‚ which Spenser was part of. 10.1.1 The Sonnet An important point to remember while reading the poems and the following notes is that the sonnet is fundamentally a short lyric‚ a stylised fourteen line poem that developed in Italy in the Middle Ages. There are
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Most humans need people that accept and like them despite their flaws in order to feel good about themselves and without these two things it is very difficult for a person to be happy. “Sonnet 29‚” by William Shakespeare‚ and “Sonnet LIV‚” by Edmund Spenser‚ explain the sadness and depression that comes with rejection. The narrators try to change themselves in search for attention and approval from the people around them‚ but no matter how hard they try to fit in‚ they fail. In both “Sonnet 29” and
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her reign through the works of playwrights like Edmund Spenser‚ poets like Christopher Marlowe‚ and men of letters such as Francis Bacon. William Shakespeare‚ one of the greatest writers in English history‚ also was a major player in the evolution of English literature. Elizabeth also became a character within literary text of that era. Shakespeare’s‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ contained many references to Queen Elizabeth and her court. Spenser also referred to Queen Elizabeth in many of his poems
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Does Macbeth reflect the Renaissance age and in what way? Yes‚ Macbeth and the Renaissance are linked through Macbeths’ pursuit of power within in the play. The pursuit of power through vile and bloody means was a big thing in the Renaissance age. If you wanted a title‚ as in King‚ to get it you either waited for that person to die or‚ as is what happened with most‚ you murdered and littered your way to the throne with bodies. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_Macbeth_reflect_the_Renaissance_age_and_in_what_way
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Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser seem to be about author attempts to immortalize his wife and the love of his life by use of symbols‚ her name and heaven‚ external conflicts‚ and alliteration. He puts himself in the center of his poem‚ express very personal thoughts‚ emotion and convictions. This poem‚ the author uses the poetic elements quatrains‚ couplet at the end. The 1st stanza is quatrain and the rhyme scheme is ABAB. The author and his woman were walking along the shore of the beach‚ and he attempts
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