History of English Literature Flashcards

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What is the period of english literature reffered to as the “rebirth”?

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Reneissance Period

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The most famous age of the RENEISSANCE PERIOD

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Elizabethan Age

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What are the common themes in Reneissance literature?

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Humanism,Individuality,Power

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A highly intellectual and reason based age of literature

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Neo Classical

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What are the common themes of the Middle English period?

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Religion,Morality

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3 germanic tribes in which the people of england are descent from.

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Angles,Saxons,Jutes

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The word in which literature comes from

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Literatura

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7
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Most famous reneissance writer

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William Shakespeare

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7
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List atleast 3 of Christopher Marlowes work.

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Who is the writer that writes heroic tragedies and was a known satirist.

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John Drydew

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Is a religious puritan who made 60 books.
He wrote the pilgrims progress

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John Bunyan

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10
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The Heralder of romanticism

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The Lyrical Ballads

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