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    I of Scotland and Harry The Minstrel, or Blind Harry

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    The document provides information about important Renaissance figures and literary developments in 16th century England. It discusses key poets and playwrights such as Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson, Milton, Donne, and Shakespeare. It also covers genres like the sonnet and pastoral lyric that were popular in Elizabethan England, as well as theatrical developments like the construction of the first playhouses in London and the rise of the Elizabethan tragedy. Finally, it mentions Edmund Spenser as the author of The Faerie Queene, published in 1590.

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    The document provides information about important Renaissance figures and literary developments in 16th century England. It discusses key poets and playwrights such as Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson, Milton, Donne, and Shakespeare. It also covers genres like the sonnet and pastoral lyric that were popular in Elizabethan England, as well as theatrical developments like the construction of the first playhouses in London and the rise of the Elizabethan tragedy. Finally, it mentions Edmund Spenser as the author of The Faerie Queene, published in 1590.

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    The document provides information about important Renaissance figures and literary developments in 16th century England. It discusses key poets and playwrights such as Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson, Milton, Donne, and Shakespeare. It also covers genres like the sonnet and pastoral lyric that were popular in Elizabethan England, as well as theatrical developments like the construction of the first playhouses in London and the rise of the Elizabethan tragedy. Finally, it mentions Edmund Spenser as the author of The Faerie Queene, published in 1590.

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    OVERVIEW QUESTION

    1. Who were the leading Renaissance figures in Europe for the English? Johannes Guttenberg,
    Albrecht Durer, Francis Bacon, Francis Beaumont.
    2. Who were the Scottish Chaucerians? Any of the Scottish courtly poets who flourished from
    about 1425 to 1550. The best known are Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas,
    and Sir David Lyndsay; the group is sometimes expanded to include James
    I of Scotland and Harry the Minstrel, or Blind Harry.
    3. Who were the representatives of the early English Renaissance? Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson,
    Milton, Donne, and the incomparable William Shakespeare
    4. Who died for Protestant cause abroad? Jean Calvin
    5. What were the most revered lyric genres in Elizabethan England? pastoral lyric, sonnet
    6. Who was the most daring prosodist?
    7. Who introduced sonnet into English literature? Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of
    Surrey
    8. Who was the first love sonnet cycle in English literature? When did it appear? Sir Philip
    Sidney, in Elizabethan age.
    9. What verse technique was invented by Edmund Spenser? stanza
    10. What does "epithalamus" mean? The epithalamus is a posterior segment of the
    diencephalon. The function of the epithalamus is to connect the limbic system to other parts of
    the brain. Some functions of its components include the secretion of melatonin by the pineal
    gland (involved in circadian rhythms), and regulation of motor pathways and emotions.
    11. What honorary post did John Skelton hold? Skelton was declared poet laureate by Oxford in
    1488, by Louvain shortly thereafter, and by Cambridge in 1493. These degrees, partly honorary,
    were also given in recognition of his achievement in grammar.
    12. What were Skeltonics? short verses of an irregular metre much used by the Tudor poet John
    Skelton.
    13. What style did John Lyly initiate? Lyly's mannered literary style, originating in his first
    books, is known as euphuism.
    14. Where did the Elizabethan dramatists look for their plots?
    14. What theatrical genre was popular in university campuses? The plays were generally of three
    kinds: contemporary poetic dramas based on ancient texts; Latinized versions of Greek dramas;
    and the works of Seneca, Terence, and Plautus in the original.
    16. What did the masque involve? A masque involved music and dancing, singing and acting,
    within an elaborate stage design, in which the architectural framing and costumes might be
    designed by a renowned architect, to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron.
    17. Why were travelling performers subject to arrest?
    18. What is the year 1576 known for in the history of English literature? James
    Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and the first
    to have a substantial life – 22 years), ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama.
    19. Why were theatres built in London suburbs?
    20. What were the beginnings of the Elizabethan tragedy?
    21. Which author participated in courtly tournaments? Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, Dante,
    Marie de France, Chretien de Troyes, Gottfried von Strassburg and Thomas Malory.
    22. What is the principal work of the 16-century English criticism? Plato’s cautions against the
    risky consequences of poetic inspiration in general in his Republic are thus often taken as the
    earliest important example of literary criticism.
    23. Who wrote The Faerie Queene and when? Edmund Spenser, 1590
    24. Who is regarded the greatest writer for the stage? William Shakespeare
    25. Who wrote a tract against the brutal English colonial regime?
    26. Which man of letters was elected speaker to the Irish Parliament?
    27. Who considered himself more as a patron of others? Thomas More
    28. How many plays did Shakespeare's Folio contain? Shakespeare wrote around 37 plays, 36 of
    which are contained in the First Folio.
    29. Which poem resembles Homer's Odyssey?
    30. Who was famous for acrostic poems? poet John Keats

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