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LCC1- Renaissance
Renaissance Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Historical Background | 1500-early 1600's (Early Modern) |
| Main Topics/Themes | Queen Elizabeth/ personal growth towards ideal/ themes from classical period/ pastoral themes/ humanism and science |
| Genres (Poetry) | Ballad- Blissfulness of country life / Sonnet- love (also called sonnet cycles) |
| Genres (Drama) | Written in Blank Verse/ England's mythological past/ romantic comedy/ revenge tragedy |
| Genres (Travel Writing) | emphasized supremacy of English language and religion/ detailed trade routes show prowess of explorers |
| Thomas Kyd | The Spanish Tragedy |
| Sir Philip Sidney | Arcadia/ Astrophil and Stella/ The Defense of Poesy |
| Sir Walter Ralegh | "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepard" |
| William Shakespeare | The Merchant of Venice/ Othello/ Midsummer's Night dream/ Marriage of True Minds |
| Christopher Marlowe | Jew of Malta/ Hero and Leander/ History of Dr. Faustus/ Passionate Shepard to his Love |
| Elizabeth I | Doubt of Future Foes/ Monsieur's Departure |
| Edmund Spenser | The Faerie Queen/ Amoretti and Epithalamion/ Shepard's calendar |
| Sir Thomas More | Uthopia/ History of King Richard III |
| Mary Sidney Herbert | Tragedies of Antonie/ dialog between 2 shepherds/ thenot and piers |
| Lady Mary Wroth | The Countess of Montgomery's Urania |
| John Lyly | Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit |
| Thomas Nashe | The Unfortunate Traveler/ Summer's Last Will and Testament |
| Samuel Daniel | Delia |
| Michael Drayton | Idea |
| John Heywood | Of Books and Cheese |
| Ben Jonson | To Celia |