Renaissance

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Erasmus of Rotterdam
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The Praise of Folly
The Praise Of Folly
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
John Colet
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Dean of St. Paul's cathedral
Dean of St. Paul's cathedral
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John Colet
Thomas More
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author of Utopia, Henry's Lord Chancellor and his first victim
author of Utopia, Henry's Lord Chancellor and his first victim
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Thomas More
Roger Ascham
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tutor of Elizabeth I
tutor of Elizabeth I
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Roger Ascham
Thomas Elyot
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The Book Named the Governour
The Book Named the Governour
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Thomas More
Sir Thomas Wyatt
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Tudor sonneteer
Tudor sonneteers
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Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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Petrarchan sonnets, he used blank verse for the first time in his translation of Virgil's Aeneid
Petrarchan sonnets, he used blank verse for the first time in his translation of Virgil's Aeneid
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
An Apology for Poetry
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Sir Philip Sydney, essay on the nature of poetry
Sir Philip Sydney, essay on the nature of poetry
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An Apology for Poetry
Arcadia
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Sir Philip Sydney, pastoral romance
Sir Philip Sydney, pastoral romance
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Arcadia
Astrophel and Stella
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Sir Philip Sydney, first sonnet sequence in English
Sir Philip Sydney, first sonnet sequence in English
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Astrophel and Stella
Sheperd's Calendar
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a collection of pastoral poems, Edmund Spenser
a collection of pastoral poems, Edmund Spenser
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Sheperd's Calendar
Amoretti
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Edmund Spenser, sequence of love sonnets
Edmund Spenser, sequence of love sonnets
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Amoretti
The Faerie Queene
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Edmund Spenser, allegorical chivalric romance in praise of the Queen
Edmund Spenser, allegorical chivalric romance in praise of the Queen
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The Faerie Queene
Epithalamion
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Edmund Spenser, wedding poem offered to his bride Elizabeth Boyle
Edmund Spenser, wedding poem offered to his bride Elizabeth Boyle
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Epithalamion
Hero and Leander
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Christopher Marlowe, narrative poem about two mythological lovers
Christopher Marlowe, narrative poem about two mythological lovers
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Hero and Leander
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
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Christopher Marlowe, one of the most popular Elizabethan poems followed by mumerous responses
Christopher Marlowe, one of the most popular Elizabethan poems followed by mumerous responses
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Venus and Adonis
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WS, narrative poem on the nature of love based on Ovid's Metamorphosis
WS, narrative poem on the nature of love based on Ovid's Metamorphosis
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Venus and Adonis
The Rape of Lucrece
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WS, a graver poem based on classical story of the rape of Lucrece
WS, a graver poem based on classical story of the rape of Lucrece
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The Rape of Lucrece
dolce nemica
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sweet enemy
sweet enemy
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dolce nemica
an extended metaphor which often develops into an image that allows more than one points of resemblance between tenor and vehicle
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conceit

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