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English Renaissance literature Flashcards

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renaissance

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began in the early 16 th century
interest in learning and humanism
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas Elyot

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Tudor literature poetry

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Sir Thomas Wyatt- sonnet
Earl of Surrey- blank verse

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Tudor literature drama

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morality plays
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare

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Christopher Marlowe

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Doctor Faustus

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Elizabethan literature

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golden age of literature
rise in literary activity

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Elizabethan literature poetry

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Edmund Spenser
Philip Sidney

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Edmund Spenser

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The faerie queene
combines allegory, romancem political commentary

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Philip Sidney

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Astrophil and Stella
contributed to development of sonnet sequence

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Elizabethan literature drama

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William Shakespeare

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Jacobean literature

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during the reign of James I. of England
darker and more introspective tone

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Jacobean literature drama authors

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Ben Jonson
John Webster
Thomas Middleton

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Jacobean literature poetry

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metaphysical poetry- characterized by intellectual complexity

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Jacobean literature drama

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complex characters
moral
themes of revenge and corruption

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Jacobean literature poetry authors

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John Donne
George Herbet

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Caroline literature

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named after king Charles I.
poetry- elegant and sophisticated
drama-tragicomedy

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Shakespeare

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playwright, poet, actor
at 18 married Anne Hathaway- 3 kids
began career in London as an actor, writer, part-owner of a playing company

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Shakespeare sonnets

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composed of 14 lines
abab cdcd efefe gg - English sonnet
Fairy Land I.-V.
A lovers complaint
bridal song
carpe diem

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Shakespeare plays

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Richard III.
Henry VI.
A midsummer nights dream
hamlet
othello
king lear
macbeth
romeo and juliet

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Hamlet

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tragedy
his longest play
set in Denmark
depicts prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle Claudius
Claudius murdered Hamlets father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlets mother

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Othello

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He is Moorish military commander
married Desdemona against whishes of her father
lago is Othellos ensign
who stokes his masters jealousy until he kills his beloved wife in rage

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King Lear

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based on the mythological leir of Britain
King Lear in preparation for his old age divides his power and land between two of his daughters
based on their declaration of love to him
Cordelia refuses- is disinherited
Lears journey leads to his madness and death

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MacBeth

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shows the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power

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John Milton

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Paradise Lost - epic poem
written in blank verse
over 10 chapters

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