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Elizabethan literature

See also: English Renaissance § Literature
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, by an unidentified artist. This portrait showcases both the imperial majesty of Elizabeth I, in allegorical figures of the foreground, and the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, with its naval backdrop.[1]
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    Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature. In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, and dramatic blank verse, as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets, and the first English novels. Major writers include William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Richard Hooker, Ben Jonson, Philip Sidney[2] and Thomas Kyd.

    1. ^ "The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
    2. ^ "Elizabethan Literature". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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