16TH CENTURY:ART.

LITERATURE

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PERIOD OF RENAISSANCE

Press establishing Writing of all kinds Standardization of the English language Break with the Roman Catholic Church Development of political relationships

THOMAS MORE

(1478-1535)philosopher and writer

«UTOPIA», 1516

FRANCIS BACON(1561-1626)philosopher, scientist, writer

«NOVUM ORGANUM», 1620

SONNET-A FORM OF POEMThomas Wyatt Introduced the sonnet into

English, first appeared in Tottel’s Miscellany in 1557

 Translations of sonnets by the Italian poet Petrarch

Experienced different forms of the sonnet

HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY Aristocrat, one of the founders

of the Renaissance poetry Sonnets, rhyming meter Publishing blank verse in his

translation

EPHUISM phrases of equal length

that appear in succession;

the balance of key verbal elements in successive sentences;

the correspondence of sounds and syllables, especially between words that are already balanced against each other.

(by John Lyly)

EDMUND SPENCER

THEATRE The establishment of large and

profitable public theatres A repertory system Costumes were often bright in color and

visually entrancing Genres – historical play, tragedy,

comedy

UNIVERSITY WITS

Robert Green

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare