Queen Elizabeth the 1st and her influence on English literature Elizabeth the 1st was the last Tudor monarch. She was born in Greenwich on 7 September 1533‚ the daughter of Henry VIII and hid second wife‚ Anne Boleyn. She became a queen in November 1588‚ succeeding to the throne on her half sister death. She was very well educated‚ intelligent‚ determined‚ and shrewd. She died in Richmond palace on 24 March 1603. The date of her accession was a national holiday for two hundred years. England saw
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were Christopher Marlowe‚ Edmund Spenser‚ Ben Johnson and Thomas Kyd. The first about who we will talk is Edmund Spenser (1522-1599)‚ who was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene‚ an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor Dynasty and Elizabeth I. he is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy‚ and one of the greatest poets in the English language. The first verses ever published by Spenser were six sonnets translated
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Queen Elizabeth I of England‚ also known as the Virgin Queen and the Faerie Queen from one of Edmund Spenser many poems‚ was a very influential person. She kept England from war for the 30 years of her 44 year-long reign and solved many problems that England had at the time. She improved England and art gained importance during her rule. It was under her rule that England became a leading world power. There are many reasons why Elizabeth I is the most influential person from the Renaissance and
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Periods of English Literature A Note on the Naming of Periods: Periods in literature are named for rulers‚ historical events‚ intellectual or political or religious movements‚ or artistic styles. Most literary periods therefore have multiple names. What’s worse‚ some of these names are debated. Is the later 17th Century the Baroque era? The term baroque is an intractable term derived from art criticism‚ though it may usefully be applicable to some writers as well. Is the early 17th Century the
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Queen Elizabeth had resolved all international conflicts‚ and England was one of the most advanced countries in world exploration. Additionally‚ the arts were thriving‚ with “Shakespeare ’s masterpieces of the stage‚ Marlowe ’s Doctor Faustus‚ Edmund Spenser ’s Faerie Queen‚ and Sir Philip Sidney ’s Defence of Poesie” being written and performed on stage all in this period. Most everyone was financially stable‚ and London
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identified with its eternal song. The real victims are the men who: "Sit and hear each other groan" There are hints that the nightingale’s song symbolises poetry itself‚ especially in the fourth stanza where there is an apparent reference to Edmund Spenser‚ once Keats’s favourite poet. In ’Ode on a Grecian Urn’ a comparison is seen as being between ’life (which is transient) and Art (which is permanent). There is a ’teasing’ illusion of life as the scene on the urn - but all its celebratory and
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The English language had almost no prestige abroad at the beginning of the sixteenth century. One of the earliest sixteenth-century works of English literature‚ Thomas More’s Utopia‚ was written in Latin for an international intellectual community. It was only translated into English during the 1550s‚ nearly a half-century after its original publication in Britain. By 1600‚ though English remained somewhat peripheral on the continent‚ it had been transformed into an immensely powerful expressive
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12. THE RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT IN EUROPE. THE RECULIARITIES OF ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. DRAMA AS THE MAIN MANIFESTATION OF THE RENAISSANCE SPIRIT. The word Renaissance comes from the Latin word Rinascere‚ which means to be reborn. This period dates from 14th to 17th c. and is usually opposed to Middle Ages on the basis of the fact that it gave us a multiperspective vision of the human being. Features of the R in Europe: Realization of national identity (European nations began to realize their national
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Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered by numerous a transcending figure of American scholarly history. His works incorporate youngsters’ stories‚ true to life outlines‚ a presidential battle life story of Franklin Puncture‚ four noteworthy books‚ and papers. Confinement is a focal topic in his works‚ maybe in light of the fact that he was a lone offspring of a widowed hermit. After school‚ he was distant from everyone else again for a long time before he wedded. It was amid this time he stated "The Clergyman’s
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The Supernatural in Shakespeare?s The Tempest And Marlowe?s The Tragical History of D. Faustus The supernatural forces are at once alike and distinct in Shakespeare?s The Tempest and in Marlowe?s The Tragical History of D. Faustus. The supernatural is kind to Prospero and his daughter Miranda in The Tempest‚ while the devils in Dr Faustus eagerly wait for the day that Faustus would join them in Hell. In both plays‚ the supernatural provides recurrent waves of sounds and feelings‚ lending special
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