2. Press establishing
Writing of all kinds
Standardization of the English language
Break with the Roman Catholic Church
Development of political relationships
5. Thomas 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
6. Aristocrat, one of the founders of
the Renaissance poetry
Sonnets, rhyming meter
Publishing blank verse in his
translation
7. 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)
9. 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
10. Robert Green
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare