Name/CN NameWriter's FeaturesWritings / CN WritingsWriting's FeaturesEnglish LiteratureThe Renaissance Period 1
age: 1500-16602
background: stimulated by the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek classic; England's Golden Age, especially in literature; the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church3
features: (1)New poetical forms introduced, e
blank verse and sonnet;(2) the English drama based itself on the models of Roman and Greek classics and the precedents from Italy and Spain(3)the universal tend of humanism in emphasizing man's dignity and his worldly happinessEdmund Spenser埃德蒙
The poet's poet;2
Perfect melody; a rare sense of beauty; a splendid imagination; a lofty moral purity and seriousness; a dedicated idealismThe Faerie Queen仙后