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Renaissance
Literature
David
Heather
Ace
Denise
Abbi
General Characteristics
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Some are written in Middle English
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More poetic (introduction of prose poetry)
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More diverse styles of poetry
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Sonnets, prose
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Stories are long winded
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Few women writers
Drama
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Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kydd
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5 act structure
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Aristotle’s definition of tragedy
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Based on earlier works
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In verse form
Authors/Works
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Sir Thomas Hoby “The First book of the
Courtier”
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Sir Phillip Sidney “Loving in truth”
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Geoffrey Chaucer “Merciles Beaute”
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Ben Johnson “To John Donne”
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Marlowe “Tamburlaine”