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Renaissance and Restoration Literature

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RENAISSANCE AND RESTORATION LITERATURE

RENAISSANCE TIMELINE

Wiliam Shakespeare "Be or not to be: that is the question"First Play Henry VI Part 1,Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest. Julios Caesar, Othello

Gutenberg's Printing Press evolutionizes the spread of literature

Thomas Hobbes publishes "Leviathan"

1588

1400

1440

1592

1605

1651

Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" Premieres. Tamburlaine,The Great, Dido, Queen of Carthage, Edward II, The Massacre at Paris and The Jew of Malta.

Petrarch'Father of the Sonnets."Canzoniere" , "The Triumps" Influences the development of Italian Literature..

Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote"

RESTORATION TIMELINE

Samuel Pepys´ Diary offers insights into England´s Restoration & Memoirs: The state of the Royal Navy in England

John Dryden Becomes England's First Poet Laureate

John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is Published

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1667

1660

1668

1670

1678

1700

Aphra Behn Becomes the First Professional Female Playwright

The Restoration Comedy Genre Flourishes on the English Stage

John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is published

Restoration of the English MonarchyKing Charles II