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2 . L Give a summary about the English literature in the Renaissance period . English literature in the Renaissance Period is usuallyregarded as the highlight in the history of Englishliterature . In the second period of English Renaissance thatis, in Elizabethan Period, English literature developed witha great speed and made a magnificent achievement . Thegreatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan lit-erature is the drama . Thus appeared a group of excellentdramatists . They are John Lyly, Thomas Kyd, GeorgePeele, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, WilliamShakespeare and Ben Jonson . Next to the drama is the lyri-cal poetry . Elizabethan poetry is remarkable for its variety,its freshness, its youthfulness and its romantic feeling . Agroup of great poets appeared, and a large number of noblepoetry was produced . In that period, writing poetry be-came a fashion . Queen Elizabeth herself was a poet . Shesuggested subjects and rewarded poets . Her ministers andcourtiers obeyed her example and tried to rival each other inshaping beautiful verses . The gentry, as a matter of fact,also followed the example; and after the gentry, alleducated people . The universities made themselves particu-larly busy with poetry . England then became“ a nest ofsinging birds”. The famous poets of that period wereThomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Philip Sidney andEdmund Spenser .Since English Renaissance Period was an age of poetryand drama, and was not an age of prose, there were not somany prose writers . In the beginning period, the great hu-manist, Thomas More wrote his famous prose work“ U-topia”, which may be thought of as the first literary mas-terpiece of the English Renaissance . In Elizabethan Period,Francis Bacon wrote more than fifty excellent essays, whichmake him one of the best essayists in English literature .

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Part Ⅳ The Renaissance

正面	2 . L Give a summary about the English literature in the Renaissance period .
《》	Part Ⅳ The Renaissance
背面	English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in the history of English literature . In the second period of English Renaissance that is, in Elizabethan Period, English literature developed with a great speed and made a magnificent achievement . The greatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan lit- erature is the drama . Thus appeared a group of excellent dramatists . They are John Lyly, Thomas Kyd, George Peele, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson . Next to the drama is the lyri- cal poetry . Elizabethan poetry is remarkable for its variety, its freshness, its youthfulness and its romantic feeling . A group of great poets appeared, and a large number of noble poetry was produced . In that period, writing poetry be- came a fashion . Queen Elizabeth herself was a poet . She suggested subjects and rewarded poets . Her ministers and courtiers obeyed her example and tried to rival each other in shaping beautiful verses . The gentry, as a matter of fact, also followed the example; and after the gentry, all educated people . The universities made themselves particu- larly busy with poetry . England then became“ a nest of singing birds”. The famous poets of that period were Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser . Since English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was not an age of prose, there were not so many prose writers . In the beginning period, the great hu- manist, Thomas More wrote his famous prose work“ U- topia”, which may be thought of as the first literary mas- terpiece of the English Renaissance . In Elizabethan Period, Francis Bacon wrote more than fifty excellent essays, which make him one of the best essayists in English literature .

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