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english literature lecture: renaissance in england plan: 1.the description of the period. 2. edmund spenser. 3. sir philip sidney. 4.christopher marlowe. 5.the carpe diem theme 6.shakespeare’s junior contemporaries. key words: the elizabethan age, greatest works, prose fiction and poetry, “astrophel and stella”, “prince of poets”, sonnet cycle “amoretti”, medical care, the first elithabethan writer of tragedy, “seize ( take advantage of) the day”. renaissance as said above, the most brilliant period of english literature was in the second half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. it is usually called the elizabethan age after queen elizabeth i, who reigned from 1558 to 1603, but it must be remembered that many authors of that time, including shakespeare and ben jonson, wrote their greatest works after her death. the foremost poets of the period were the following: edmund spenser (1552-1599) known as the “prince of poets” in his time, …
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“the faerie queene” “the faerie queene” (only six books out of the planned twelve were completed) describes nature, or picturesque allegorical scenes. the stanza of the work was constructed by spenser and is called the spenserian stanza after him. many other poets, e.g. burns, byron, shelley, used spenserian stanzas in some of their poems. “amoretti” the title of his sonnet cycle “amoretti” means “little love stories”. the cycle is dedicated to elizabeth boyle. at that time spenser was in love with her and his sonnets tell the story of their romance. his sonnets are melodious and expressive. sonnet 75 one day i wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away: again i wrote it with a second hand, but came the tide and made my pains his prey. “vain man,” said she, “that dost in vain assay a mortal thing so immortalize, for i …
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e immortalized her as stella of his sonnet cycle “astrophel and stella”. it was published in 1591, and consisted of 108 sonnets and 11 songs, and usually regarded as his greatest literary achievement. the author of the prose fiction philip sidney is also the author of the prose fiction “arcadia”. some critics consider “arcadia” the most important original work of english prose written before the 18th century. this book was published in 1590, in revised form, as “the countess of pembroke’s arcadia”. sidney’s third major literary achievement was a pamphlet titled “apology for poetry”, published in 1595. in it the author polemized with those who denied poetry, and its right to exist. christopher marlowe (1564 - 1593) christopher marlowe was one of the greatest dramatists of his time. he was the first elithabethan writer of tragedy. marlowe was born in canterbury and studied at cambridge. born in the same year …
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gland during the renaissance was carpe diem poetry. carpe diem is latin for “seize ( take advantage of) the day” and this poetry dealt with the swift passage of time and transiency of youth. usually the speaker of such a poem was a young man, and usually he was urging a young woman to take advantage of life and love while she was still young and attractive. the carpe diem theme the carpe diem theme, which goes back to horace and other roman poets who wrote verses in latin, achieved great popularity in renaissance england. the reasons of it are explained by the fact that life spans were really shorter at that time. illness, accident, war, and the executioner’s axe killed men and women in their prime. the biographers of the english authors illustrate it by the point that wyatt died of fever at 39; surrey was 30 when he …
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english literature lecture: renaissance in england plan: 1.the description of the period. 2. edmund spenser. 3. sir philip sidney. 4.christopher marlowe. 5.the carpe diem theme 6.shakespeare’s junior contemporaries. key words: the elizabethan age, greatest works, prose fiction and poetry, “astrophel and stella”, “prince of poets”, sonnet cycle “amoretti”, medical care, the first elithabethan writer of tragedy, “seize ( take advantage of) the day”. renaissance as said above, the most brilliant period of english literature was in the second half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. it is usually called the elizabethan age after queen elizabeth i, who reigned from 1558 to 1603, but it must be remembered that many authors of that time, including shakespeare and …

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