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553:(1516/1517–47), introduced the sonnet from Italy into England in the early 16th century. Wyatt's professed object was to experiment with the English tongue, to civilise it, to raise its powers to those of its neighbours. While a significant amount of his literary output consists of translations and imitations of sonnets by the Italian poet
891:(1558–1603) and then James I (1603–25), in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a London-centred culture, that was both courtly and popular, produced great poetry and drama. The English playwrights were intrigued by the Italian model: a conspicuous community of Italian actors had settled in London. The linguist and lexicographer
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clichés, especially that of the boasting soldier, had a powerful influence during the
Renaissance and thereafter). However, the Italian tragedies embraced a principle contrary to Seneca's ethics: showing blood and violence on the stage. In Seneca's plays such scenes were only acted by the
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of
Renaissance English poetry of the 16th century has always been in some form of flux, it is only towards the late 20th century that concerted efforts were made to challenge the canon. Questions that once did not even have to be made, such as where to put the limitations of periods, what
735:(1919). The poems from this period are largely songs and apart from the major names, one sees the two pioneers Wyatt and Surrey, and a scattering of poems by other writers of the period. However, the authors of many poems are anonymous. Some poems, such as
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Winters were much in favour of the established canon. Towards the end of the 20th century, however, the established canon was criticised, especially by those who wished to expand it to include, for example, more women writers.
1223:. Less bleak than the tragedies, these four plays are graver in tone than the comedies of the 1590s, but they end with reconciliation and the forgiveness of potentially tragic errors. Shakespeare collaborated on two further surviving plays,
719:, at the beginning of the 19th century, were well-read in Renaissance poetry. However, the canon of Renaissance poetry was formed only in the Victorian period, with anthologies like Palgrave's
1191:. The plots of Shakespeare's tragedies often hinge on such fatal errors or flaws, which overturn order and destroy the hero and those he loves. In his final period, Shakespeare turned to
1275:(c. 1592), about a scientist and magician who, obsessed by the thirst of knowledge and the desire to push man's technological power to its limits, sells his soul to the Devil.
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In the later 16th century, English poetry was characterised by elaboration of language and extensive allusion to classical myths. The most important poets of this era include
1307:(1599), a work where he appears to be the sole author. Dekker is noted for his "realistic portrayal of daily London life" and for "his sympathy for the poor and oppressed".
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48:, by an unidentified artist. This portrait showcases both the imperial majesty of Elizabeth I, in allegorical figures of the foreground, and the English defeat of the
521:(1529–1590) was a 16th-century English writer and literary critic. He is generally considered to be the author of the influential handbook on poetry and rhetoric,
801:(1540–1610). Winters characterised such anti-Petrarchan poems as having "broad, simple, and obvious" themes that border on "proverbial" as well as a restrained,
472:. Lyly must also be considered and remembered as a primary influence on the plays of William Shakespeare, and in particular the romantic comedies. Lyly's play
637:. Another major figure, Sir Philip Sidney (1554–86), was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the
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in its presentation of a story of temptation, fall, and damnation, and its free use of morality figures such as the good angel and the bad angel and the
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Petrarchans, in the pleasures of rhetoric for its own sake".
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789:(1525–1577), who "deserves to be ranked ... among the six or seven greatest lyric poets of the century, and perhaps higher". Other members were Sir
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Buck, Claire, ed. "Lumley, Joanna Fitzalan (c. 1537–1576/77)."
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with various rhyme schemes. Petrarch's poems never ended in a
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325:(1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of
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2044:(2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
392:During her reign, a London-centred culture, both
389:, and the defeat of military threats from Spain.
1025:(1564–1616) stands out in this period both as a
871:A 1596 sketch of a rehearsal in progress on the
1980:1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
1487:, New Penguin Shakespeare, Harmondsworth 1982,
1668:Elizabethan Poetry. Modern Essays in Criticism
1652:Elizabethan Poetry. Modern Essays in Criticism
1636:Elizabethan Poetry. Modern Essays in Criticism
1009:(1537–1578) was the first person to translate
625:(1590 and 1596), an epic poem and fantastical
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2019:, New York: GP Putnam’s Sons University Press
1552:"Sex and books: London's most erotic writers"
760:, whose cause he championed in an article in
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1902:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1506:Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakesp. Gesellschaft
1279:makes use of "the dramatic framework of the
589:with three quatrains and a closing couplet.
1670:. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967: 95
1654:. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967: 98
1443:"Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1533–1603",
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2040:The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works
2017:History of English and American literature
1833:The Oxford Companion to English Literature
1715:The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature
428:, who had furthermore brought much of the
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851:playwright and philosopher, the tutor of
1638:. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967.
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1131:Shakespeare's career continued into the
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1899:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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452:(November 1567 – c. 1601). Lyly is an
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1523:"'Faustus' and the Politics of Magic"
573:(eight lines), rhyming ABBA ABBA. A (
32:English Renaissance § Literature
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1398:"The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I"
1550:John O'Connell (28 February 2008).
1445:Anthology of the British Literature
946:in English literature theatre, the
2437:16th-century literature of England
1508:, vols. vii and viii (1872, 1873).
1465:. United Kingdom: University Press
1265:, Marlowe introduced the story of
656:The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
600:. Elizabeth herself, a product of
509:, who is best known for his novel
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1261:than any other thing. Drawing on
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75:16th-century Renaissance humanism
2001:, London: The Scholartis Press,
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843:. The Italians were inspired by
231:Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age
2447:Early Modern English literature
1242:Other important figures in the
565:make a significant departure.
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1958:Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence
1459:Frances Amelia Yates (1934).
763:The Times Literary Supplement
235:Folklore of the Low Countries
1916:UK public library membership
732:Oxford Book of English Verse
551:Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
1982:. London: Faber and Faber.
1363:English Renaissance theatre
819:English Renaissance theatre
459:Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
145:English Renaissance theatre
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1856:Shakespeare: The Biography
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742:The Mirror for Magistrates
523:The Arte of English Poesie
436:from French into English.
90:16th century in literature
80:Reformation-era propaganda
52:, with its naval backdrop.
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1154:All's Well That Ends Well
1058:A Midsummer Night's Dream
773:In 1939, American critic
512:The Unfortunate Traveller
1997:Tillyard, E M W (1929),
1813:Encyclopaedia Britannica
1680:Waller, Gary F. (2013).
1622:, Volume B, 2012, p. 647
1423:Encyclopaedia Britannica
1419:"Elizabethan Literature"
1287:, along with the devils
1220:Pericles, Prince of Tyre
766:in 1926 (republished in
727:Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
614:The Doubt of Future Foes
478:is a large influence on
448:(1553 or 1554–1606) and
2411:Postcolonial literature
2366:Anglo-Norman literature
1304:The Shoemaker's Holiday
1269:to England in his play
667:English Madrigal School
610:On Monsieur's Departure
464:Euphues and His England
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1528:London Review of Books
1378:Renaissance literature
1064:Much Ado About Nothing
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319:Elizabethan literature
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2452:History of literature
1960:. London: Routledge.
1809:"Christopher Marlowe"
1323:List of other writers
1232:The Two Noble Kinsmen
1188:Anthony and Cleopatra
879:, a typical circular
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827:had rediscovered the
650:An Apology for Poetry
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1148:Troilus and Cressida
1119:1579 translation of
1079:. After the lyrical
980:The Spanish Tragedy,
887:During the reign of
883:open-roof playhouse.
748:In the 20th century
677:Changes to the canon
644:Astrophel and Stella
641:. His works include
602:Renaissance humanism
481:Love's Labour's Lost
475:Love's Metamorphosis
2457:English Renaissance
2401:Jèrriais literature
2391:European literature
1881:. London: Penguin.
1859:. London: Vintage.
1608:Ward et al. 1907–21
1485:Love's Labours Lost
1368:Jacobean literature
1248:Christopher Marlowe
1244:Elizabethan theatre
1142:Measure for Measure
1023:William Shakespeare
1016:Iphigeneia at Aulis
978:. Many elements of
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968:William Shakespeare
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768:On Poetry and Poets
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693:, Shakespeare, and
691:Christopher Marlowe
412:, for tragedy, and
385:" that created the
355:Christopher Marlowe
347:William Shakespeare
2091:English literature
1835:(1996), pp. 266–7.
1052:A Comedy of Errors
984:play-within-a-play
942:established a new
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1914:(Subscription or
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1795:Wells et al. 2005
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1088:Henry IV, parts 1
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