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    The Importance of the 20th Century Literature The dawning of a new century marked a distinct change in the style and subjects of literature. Rural‚ agrarian lifestyles were fast becoming a thing of the past as industrialization made factory work the norm‚ and many people began to feel isolated despite living in big cities. Writers who identified as “modernists” reflected this new sense of isolation and displacement in their works. The entire Western world was also deeply affected by the devastation

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    A 12th Century Renaissance

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    Renaissance is defined as "the activity‚ spirit‚ or time of great revival of art‚ literature‚ and learning." Was there a twelfth-century renaissance? This is a question that still beckons an answer‚ and is often a topic of debate among modern historians. By definition‚ one can break it down: Was there a spirit of revival of a classical theme regarding the subjects mentioned above? Surely there was‚ and with author R.N. Swanson’s "The Twelfth-century Renaissance" as a guide‚ we can investigate just

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    Since the beginning of the 16th century‚ religion played a vital role in terms of individualism and government laws. During this time‚ many migrants left their homeland‚ in search of religious freedom‚ although they discriminated against other religions‚ ironically. In America‚ even though‚ Catholicism and Protestantism were major religions‚ Protestantism created two key branches‚ Anglicanism and Calvinism. In spite of religious differences‚ religious tolerance increased‚ to provide peace and end

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    ruling the church in Britain was the reason for many debates‚ wars‚ civil issues and rights to the throne. Initially the Church was under Papal rule‚ making the Pope have control over something the Throne did not. Hunger for power in the sixteenth century was not limited to land control and civil control; it spread right up to the Church of England causing many problems for the monarchy and Papal authority. The argument during this time was whether or not the monarch had the right to rule church and

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    English Renaissance Drama

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    English Renaissance drama grew out of the established Medieval tradition of the mystery and morality plays. These public spectacles focused on religious subjects and were generally enacted by either choristers and monks‚ or a town’s tradesmen (as later seen lovingly memorialized by Shakespeare’s ’mechanicals’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream). At the end of the fifteenth century‚ a new type of play appeared. These short plays and revels were performed at noble households and at court‚ especially at

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    Religion is one of the ways we can show our personalities and express ourselves. Imagine a world where you have to follow a specific religion and you get punished for not obeying the law. That was the issue in 16th century Germany. The issues that cause groups of people or countries to come to the conflict was the revolts against the church and higher power. The church was put down by Martin Luther and his reform against the obscured ways of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was a German professor

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    Ancient Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh Introduction The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ an epic poem from Mesopotamia‚ is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent Sumerian poems about ’Bilgamesh’ (Sumerian for Gilgamesh)‚ king of Uruk. Four of these were used as source material for a combined epic in Akkadian. This first‚ "Old Babylonian" version of the epic dates to the 18th century BC and is titled Shūtur eli

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    In the 16th century‚ a lot of people were accused of witchcraft because of uncontrollable and exaggerated emotion based on their fear of witches. People have used accusations excessively‚ especially when it is a big problem with people. People jump to conclusions and start to believe that they are seeing things they don’t believe which brings hysteria. Hysteria can ruin people’s lives and change people’s view on others when people falsely accuse one another. When people are accused of being witches

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    referred to in the scientific world as Spontaneous Human Combustion or SHC. There are many documented cases throughout history. The earliest cases go as far back as the early 16th century. Then there are the ones that are as recent as 1998 but have no better explanation of what happen then the ones in the 16th century did. There are truly only two types of cases: fatal and non-fatal. The fatal cases of SHC represent three-quarters of all the reported incidents. The most common of these cases

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    Development of English Literature Usually‚ English literature is divided into seven periods from the academic angle: The first period is Early and Medieval English literature. And this period can be divided into two parts. The first part is Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066). The main literary contribution of this period is the Epic‚ and its masterpiece is the national epic The Song of Beowulf. It is the oldest poem in the English language and the oldest surviving epic in Anglo-Saxon literature. Next is

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