Renaissance Rebirth‚ Reawakening‚ Intellectual Awareness‚ Resurgence‚ Cultural Awakening and Cultural Revivalism are different terms which are used for Renaissance in history. After the thirteenth century‚ under the changing conditions of the time‚ man tried to discover the man and the world. It was like awakening to the true realities about the nature and man. This awakening is referred to as Renaissance. It is a French word‚ which means to wake again from a sleep. Some authorities have called
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9/17/2013 CSS POINT A brief history of English literature Notes Note: This material is supposed to be original and authentic for the Subject English Literature. Although This Booklet is a complied work by The CSS Point. All contents have been collected from different internet sources. The CSS Point is not responsible for any fact/information mentioned in this booklet. Thank You http://www.thecsspoint.com info@thecsspoint.com English Literature | The CSS Point A brief history
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Essays One Road Donald Hall Driving through postwar Yugoslavia was nearly impossible‚ but a young poet and his new wife struggled through the desolate landscape to Athens On Friendship Edward Hoagland The intimacies shared with our closest companions keep us anchored‚ vital‚ and alive Mortify Our Wolves Christian Wiman The struggle back to life and faith in the face of pain and the certainty of death Joyas Volardores Brian Doyle Rites of Passage Steve Macone When a quirky old man who
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A brief history of English literature This study guide is intended for GCE Advanced and Advanced Supplementary (A2 and AS) level students in the UK‚ who are taking exams or modules in English literature. It should be most useful right at the start of the course‚ or later as a resource for exercises in revision‚ and to help you reflect on value judgements in literary criticism. It may also be suitable for university students and the general reader who is interested in the history of literature. This
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Why Literature? The premature obituary of the book. By Mario Vargas Llosa It has often happened to me‚ at book fairs or in bookstores‚ that a gentleman approaches me and asks me for a signature. "It is for my wife‚ my young daughter‚ or my mother‚" he explains. "She is a great reader and loves literature." Immediately I ask: "And what about you? Don’t you like to read?" The answer is almost always the same: "Of course I like to read‚ but I am a very busy person." I have heard this explanation
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Context Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature‚ Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature. By the time the story of Beowulf was composed by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet around 700 a.d.‚ much of its material had been in circulation in oral narrative for many years. The Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian peoples had invaded the island of Britain and settled
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* Florence – Northern Italy – Birthplace of Renaissance * Humanism – reforming the Christian church to its ancient teachings – use of reason rather than dogma (reincarnation) * Petrarch – Famous scholar and teacher who writes love poems – wants to focus on classical education/teachings * Leonardo Da Vinci – Architecture – jack of all trades – painted Mona Lisa and Last Supper – physics/first model of air plane * Michelangelo
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Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare’s life Most biographical information about William Shakespeare’s life and death derives from public instead of private documents: vital records‚ real estate and tax records‚ lawsuits‚ records of payments‚ and references to Shakespeare and his works in printed and hand-written texts.[1][2] The bare historical record documents that Shakespeare was baptised 26 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire‚ England‚ in theHoly Trinity
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