Tuesday, 1 December 2020

5 POINTS ON ELIZABETHAN AGE (1558-1625)


1.    The Elizabethan Age in the history of England, is called as the Age of Shakespeare in the history of English Literature. It is also called the Age of Renaissance.

2.    This Age is predominantly the age of Renaissance in all spheres of Art, Literature, culture and Architecture.

3.    It was also an Age of new discoveries and explorations of new lands through adventurous voyages.

4.    W.H. Hudson says, “By virtue of its wonderful fertility and of the variety and splendour of its production, this period as a whole ranks as one of the greatest in the annals of the world’s Literature.”

5.    It was equally an Age of intense Patriotism. The spirit of national pride and patriotism finds expression in practically all literary productions of the Age.


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