Reformation signifies the process for giving rise to refinement or correction in an institution. From the historical perspective, Reformation is an extremely crucial movement that brought about reformed and protestant churches. Reformation first started in Germany but later it spread all over Europe during the Renaissance. The Reformation of the 16th century was the outcome of discontent with the judgments of the Catholic Church.
University Wits in English Literature
The term “University Wits” is related to an association of English writers who thrived during the 16th and the early part of the 17th century under the influence of the Renaissance.
Renaissance in English literature
Renaissance was a Europe-wide intellectual and cultural movement that started in the 14th century. The exact denotation of the term ‘renaissance’ is “re-birth or re-awakening”.
Humanism Renaissance in English Literature
Humanism began as a scholarly and artistic movement in Italy in the late fourteenth century and eventually spread across Europe. The word ‘humanism’ was mainly employed to refer to attitudes of life that were determined by the admiration of human beings and human culture as opposed to admiring God and theology.
The Duchess of Malfi as a revenge tragedy
“The Duchess of Malfi” is a well-known revenge tragedy penned by John Webster. Not only did “The Duchess of Malfi’ Webster write “The White Devil” in the convention of the revenge tragedy. After Shakespeare, if anyone has mastered the tradition of the revenge tragedy, it is John Webster.
Preface to Shakespeare summary
Samuel Johnson’s “Preface to Shakespeare” was published in 1765 and it is an important contribution to English literary criticism. Although Johnson is a neo-classical critic and writer, he is completely unbiased when he assesses Shakespeare.
