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    The document summarizes literature during the English Renaissance period from 1485-1660. It describes how William Caxton established the printing press in England, which led to a growth in literature production and quality. Humanism became a dominant philosophy, encouraging the study of classical Greek and Roman literature and reforming education to emphasize literary expression. Some of the major writers during this period included Christopher Marlowe, known for plays like Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus; Edmund Spenser, author of the unfinished allegorical work The Faerie Queene; Ben Jonson, a playwright and poet known for satirical plays; and William Shakespeare, who wrote over 35 plays and 154 sonnets. The King James Bible, published in 16

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    The document summarizes literature during the English Renaissance period from 1485-1660. It describes how William Caxton established the printing press in England, which led to a growth in literature production and quality. Humanism became a dominant philosophy, encouraging the study of classical Greek and Roman literature and reforming education to emphasize literary expression. Some of the major writers during this period included Christopher Marlowe, known for plays like Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus; Edmund Spenser, author of the unfinished allegorical work The Faerie Queene; Ben Jonson, a playwright and poet known for satirical plays; and William Shakespeare, who wrote over 35 plays and 154 sonnets. The King James Bible, published in 16

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    The document summarizes literature during the English Renaissance period from 1485-1660. It describes how William Caxton established the printing press in England, which led to a growth in literature production and quality. Humanism became a dominant philosophy, encouraging the study of classical Greek and Roman literature and reforming education to emphasize literary expression. Some of the major writers during this period included Christopher Marlowe, known for plays like Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus; Edmund Spenser, author of the unfinished allegorical work The Faerie Queene; Ben Jonson, a playwright and poet known for satirical plays; and William Shakespeare, who wrote over 35 plays and 154 sonnets. The King James Bible, published in 16

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    THE 16 CENTURY (THE RENAISSANCE)


    LITERATURE DURING THR RENAISSANCE
    1.THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH
    LITERATURE REIGNED FROM 1485-1660.
    WILLIAM CAXTON ESTABLISHED
    MOVABLE PRINTING IN ENGLAND AND
    PUBLISHED MALLORY’S LE MORTE
    D’ARTHUR. SOON AFTER, THERE WAS Ñ
    MARVELOUS INCREASE IN THE
    PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF ENGLISH
    LITERATURE.
    2. POETS TOOK UP MORE SECULAR
    VIEWS AMD WRITERS WROTE IN PRAISE
    OF PEACE, OF SPRINGTIME AND OF
    HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY LOVE.
    THE SONNET – 14-LINE IAMBIC
    PENTAMETER POEM. THE MOST
    FAVORITE POETIC FORM.
    3. HUMANISM WAS THE PREDOMINANT
    TH
    PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT IN 16
    CENTURY ENGLAND.
    HUMANISM ENCOURAGED THE STUDY
    OF GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICAL
    LITERATURE. IT REFORMED EDUCATION
    BY MAKING LITERARY EXPRESSION OF
    PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR THE
    CULTURED PERSON.
    HUMANIST WRITERS GLORIFIED THE
    INDIVIDUAL AND BELIVED THAT THE
    HUMAN BEING WAS THE MEASURE OF
    ALL THINGS AND HAD UNLIMITED
    POTENTIAL.
    HUMANIST PROMOTED THE CONCEPT OF
    THE WELL-ROUNDED RENAISSANCE MAN
    WHO WAS PROFICIENT IN BOTH
    INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL
    ENDEAVORS.
    REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS
    1.CHRISTOPHER MARLLOWE (1564-1593)
    IS CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER OF THE
    ENGLISH TRAGEDY BEST REMEMBERED
    FOR HIS PLAYS TAMBURLAINE AND
    DOCTOR FAUSTUS.
    HIS DR. FAUSTUS POWERFULLY
    EXEMPLIFIES THE SUM TOTAL OF THE
    INTELLECTUAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE
    RENAISSANCE. IN THE PLAY, DR.
    FAUSTUS SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL
    IN EXCHANGE OF POWER AND
    KNOWLEDGE.
    2. EDMUND SPENSER (1552-1599)
    LEFT AN UNFINISHED WORK ENTITLED
    THE FAERIE QUEENE WHICH IS AN
    ELABORATE ALLEGORY BUILT ON THE
    STORY OF Ñ 12-DAY FEAST HONORING
    THE QUEEN OF RAIRYLAND (QUEEN
    ELIZABETH I)
    EACH VERSE IN THE SPENCERIAN STANZA
    CONTAINS NINE LINES: EIGHT LINES OF
    IAMBIC PENTAMETER, WITH FIVE FEET,
    FOLLOWED BY Ñ SINGLE LINE OF IAMBIC
    HEXAMETER, AN “ELAXANDRINE” WITH
    SIX. THE RHYME SCHEME OF THESE LINES
    IS ABABBCBC-CDCDEE.
    3. BEN JONSON (1573-1637)
    WAS Ñ POET, DRAMATIST, AND ACTOR
    BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SATRICAL PLAYS
    VOLPONE, THE ALCHEMIST AND
    BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. HE ALSO WROTE Ñ
    GOOD NUMBER OF LYRIC POEMS.
    4. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    IS THE GREAT GENIUS OF THE
    ELIZABETHAN AGE (1564-1616). HE
    WROTE MORE THAN 35 PLAYS AS WELL
    AS 154 SONNETS AND 2 NARRATIVE
    POEM – VENUS AND ADONIS AND THE
    RAPE OF LUCRECE.
    HIS SONNETS ALSO KNOWN AS THE
    ELIZABETHAN SONNET, ARE COMPOSED
    OF THREE QUATRAINS AND ONE HEROIC
    COUPLET WITH THE RHYME SCHEME –
    ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG.
    5. THE KING JAMES BIBLE
    IS ONE OF THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENTS
    OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. THIS
    TRANSLATION WAS ORDERED BY JAMES I
    AND MADE BY 47 SCHOLARS WORKING
    IN COOPERATION. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN
    1611 AND IS KNOWN AS THE
    AUTHORIZED VERSION. IT IS RIGHTLY
    REGARDED AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
    BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH
    CIVILAZATION.
    CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
    EDMUND SPENSER
    BEN JONSON
    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    KING JAMES

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