Introduction: It is difficult to date or define the Renaissance. Etymologically the term‚ which was first used in England only as late as the nineteenth century‚ means’ "re-birth". Broadly speaking‚ the Renaissance implies that re-awakening of learning which came to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Renaissance was not only an English but a European phenomenon; and basically considered‚ it signalised a thorough substitution of the medieval habits of thought by new attitudes
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Elizabethan Poetry I Drama dominates our syllabus but the Renaissance was a Golden Age not just for English drama‚ but also for English poetry. But what was English poetry? George Puttenham’s The Arte of English Poesie (1589) and Sir Philip Sidney’s The Defense of Poesie (1595): early attempts to think about English poetry as a distinct national tradition. Puttenham and Sidney were concerned to build a canon and help shape English poetry into a tradition capable of rivalling more prestigious
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Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti chronicles his courtship with his wife Elizabeth Boyle. It was originally published in 1595 and loosely follows the Petrarchan sonnet model. Petrarch wrote his sonnets about women that he would never be able to obtain‚ while Spenser wrote about a single woman whom he did marry. Sonnet 34 appears to describe a break in Spenser’s relationship with Elizabeth; it seems like they had a fight and Spenser is biding his time until she forgives him. Spenser uses the analogy of a
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To what extent was Humanism the main reason that the Renaissance occurred? I would say that Humanism is a somewhat important‚ yet not crucial‚ factor in the birth of the Renaissance. I feel that the most important factor was the stability of Italy after the Peace of Lodi‚ followed closely by the Wealth of Italy and her trade with the far east. I consider Humanism to be less crucial than these two factors‚ but more important than the Printing Press and the newfound hunger for knowledge that became
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became popular partially for their sonnets are Sir Thomas Wyatt‚ and Samuel Daniel. Thomas Wyatt was one of the first from England to use the sonnet form. Because of this his sonnets follow the form that was first developed in Italy by the poet Petrarch. Wyatt’s fourteenth sonnet‚ "My galley charged with Forgetfulness" likewise follows this petrarchan sonnet form. One of the principle practices of this period was that of imitation‚ where one poet would imitate the form or themes of other poets.
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Feeling pressured by war related propaganda‚ Wilfred left France to enlist in the British army. In the 15 months that Wilfred Owen served in the army‚ he managed to write 46 poems2 (mostly sonnets). The sonnet was introduced by the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-1374). A Petrarchan sonnet consists of a stanza with eight lines followed by a stanza with six lines. William Shakespeare later adopted the sonnet‚ however he changed form slightly. Shakespeare wrote three quatrains followed by a couplet. Owen
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races whom the world has ever known‚ though in morals they were sinking to almost incredible corruption. Already in fourteenth century Italy‚ therefore‚ the movement for a much fuller and freer intellectual life had begun‚ and we have seen that by Petrarch and Boccaccio something of the spirit was transmitted to Chaucer. In England Chaucer was followed by the medievalizing fifteenth‚ but in Italy there was no such interruption. THE RENAİSSANCE MOVEMENT first received definite direction from
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E***** W****** Professor W***** B****** The World of Humanism and Reform 15 February 2013 Humanism: The Egalitarian Movement The Humanist philosophy has egalitarian roots because of its ideal confidence in humans to decipher truth from falsehood without any need for external intervention. This assurance that people have no need for others but only themselves proves that each relies on his own understanding‚ therefore each man may reach his own conclusions instead of relying on the more privileged
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Following the ideas of Luther‚ the Christian church split for good which had a great effect on all of Europe that is still seen to this day. Many branches of the Protestant movement based their idea of humanists. The first known humanist was Francesco Petrarch‚ who lived from 1304-1374. He believed in the education of people through the literature and classics of the Ancient Greeks and the Romans. He admired Greek philosophy and Roman political ideas (McKay 378). Christian humanists later reformed his
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Humanities 303 Course 1 Project Yolanda Revels Professor Davina Dandridge September 16‚ 2014 I. Introduction of the Dark Ages The dark ages is this tumultuous era‚ when no one actually really knows exactly what happened and really would not like to consider it dark although that was time of the fall of Rome‚ where through the eventual light of progress revealed at the dawn of the middle Ages‚ It was a lot going on an implied judgment being that in that particular period in European history from about
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