lesson 21 comparing poems plays and prose

Under Cromwell's Puritan dictatorship, John Milton continued to write, but we also find writers like Andrew Marvell and Sir Thomas Browne. John Milton, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, the ' Sons of Ben' and others wrote during the reign of Charles I and his Cavaliers. Shakespeare's later work include Aemilia Lanyer, Ben Jonson, and John Donne. Her reign is marked by the early works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd, and Sidney. Queen Elizabeth saved England from both Spanish invasion and internal squabbles at home. Martin Luther's split with Rome marks the emergence of Protestantism, followed by Henry VIII's Anglican schism, which created the first Protestant church in England. The War of the Roses ended in England with Henry Tudor (Henry VII) claiming the throne. (The Renaissance took place in the late 15th, 16th, and early 17th century in Britain, but somewhat earlier in Italy and southern Europe and somewhat later in northern Europe.) In this period, barbarians attacked Rome in 410 CE, and the city finally fell to them completely in 455 CE. This is the period when Saint Jerome first compiled the Bible, Christianity spread across Europe, and the Roman Empire suffered its dying convulsions. Roman rhetoricians include Cicero and Quintilian.Įarly Christian writers include Saint Augustine, Tertullian, Saint Cyprian, Saint Ambrose and Saint Jerome. Roman philosophers include Marcus Aurelius and Lucretius.

Roman writers include Ovid, Horace, and Virgil. This later period is known as the Roman Imperial period. After nearly 500 years as a Republic, Rome slid into a dictatorship under Julius Caesar and finally into a monarchial empire under Caesar Augustus in 27 CE. Playwrights of this time include Plautus and Terence. The Roman Republic was traditionally founded in 509 BCE, but it was limited in size until later. Greece's culture gave way to Roman power when Rome conquered Greece in 146 CE. Some of the world's finest art, poetry, drama, architecture, and philosophy originated in Athens.

This was the sophisticated era of the polis, or individual City-State, and early democracy. The fifth century (499-400 BCE) in particular is renowned as The Golden Age of Greece.

Greek writers, playwrights, and philosophers include Gorgias, Aesop, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Euripides, and Sophocles. This is a chaotic period of warrior-princes, wandering sea-traders, and fierce pirates. Greek legends were passed along orally, including Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Lesson 21 comparing poems plays and prose