{"id":2096,"date":"2023-07-12T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T10:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T12:51:30","slug":"the-renaissance-period-in-english-literature-1500-1660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/the-renaissance-period-in-english-literature-1500-1660\/","title":{"rendered":"The Renaissance period in English Literature (1500\u20131660)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Renaissance period (1500-1660)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Renaissance period (1500-1660), also referred to as the Early Modern period<\/strong>, can be further divided into four parts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Elizabethan Age (1558-1603), <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

the Jacobean Age (1603-1625),<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

the Caroline Age (1625-1649), and <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

the Commonwealth Period (1649-1660)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Elizabethan Age was a flourishing period for English drama<\/strong>, with notable figures such as Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare. <\/a>The Jacobean Age, named after the reign of James I, saw the works of John Donne, Shakespeare, Michael Drayton, John Webster, Elizabeth Cary, Ben Jonson, and Lady Mary Wroth.<\/strong> It was also during this time that the King James translation of the Bible was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Caroline Age corresponds to the reign of Charles I, and notable figures include John Milton, Robert Burton, and George Herbert. <\/strong>The Commonwealth Period, marked by the absence of a monarchy, saw Oliver Cromwell<\/strong> leading Parliament, resulting in the closure of public theaters for nearly two decades. However, prose writers such as John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Fuller, Abraham Cowley, and Andrew Marvell <\/strong>made significant contributions to literature during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the Renaissance period in British literature encompassed a wide range of literary achievements and reflected the dynamic social, political, and religious changes of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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