Studied by 13 people
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
Historical Narrative
an account of real events and real people
Tone
author’s overall attitude or emotion toward the subject
Purpose
the author’s reason for writing (religious, political, economic, etc.)
Bias
thinking that precludes fairness in judgment
Worldview
a system of beliefs and values through which one views the world
Act of Supremacy
What act did Henry VIII use to declare himself the head of the English church
Via media
What is the conciliatory route to protestantism known as
The Book of Common Prayer
What helped create a unified Protestant worldview and cultural experience
Book of Martyrs
What book helped solidify the actions against the Protestants
The Faerie Queen
What epic did Edward Spenser write
The Book of Common Prayer
What did Edward VI commission
Thomas Cranmer
Who wrote the book of common prayer
St. Jerome’s Vulgate
What is a church sanctioned Latin translation, and was the only full version of the Scriptures
1382
What year was the first completed English translation
John Wycliffe
Who completed the first English translation of the Bible
Erasmus’s Greek Edition of the New Testament
What gave translators a scholarly standard from which to work
1516
What year was the Erasmus’s Greek edition of the New Testament published
1526
What year did William Tyndale publish his English translation of the New Testament
Paradox
statements that seem self-contradictory yet actually make sense when understood in the right context
Anaphora
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginnings of lines or grammatical units
Edmund Spenser
Presented his book The Faerie Queene to Queen Elizabeth
Literary Epic
written in imitation of oral folk epics, fulfilling the same content conventions and using epic stylistic features
Catalogs
formal lists
Epic Similes
similes in which the comparison is extended and elaborate
Romance
a poetic narrative that focused on courtly life and the knightly code of chivalry rather than the heroism of a tribal warrior found in the epic
Allegory
a story with both a literal and an implied level of meaning that are closely tied together
Gloriana
symbolizes Queen Elizabeth
1535
In what year was the first complete printed English Bible published
Miles Coverdale
Who published the first complete printed English Bible
Great Bible
What 2nd version did Henry VIII authorized
Geneva Bible
What was the first translation to include verse numbers in text
1560
What year was the Geneva Bible published
King James Version
What was the first full authorized translation and is still today regarded as one of the finest English translations of the Bible
1611
What year was the King James Version published
The Faerie Queene
What book did Edmund Spenser present to Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Who does Gloriana symbolize
Holiness
What does the Red Cross Knight symbolize
Red Cross Knight
What symbolizes Holiness
Truth
What does the una symbolize
Una
What symbolizes Truth
Catholic Church
What does the dragon symbolize
Error
What symbolizes the Catholic Church
Spain
What country was the main rival of exploration
Religion
At the end of the reformation what was distinctive about its identity
John Fox
Who wrote the book of martyrs
Queen Mary
Who executed Thomas Cranmer
1965
How long was the book of common prayer used
Religious
What is Fox purpose of writing
1526
What year was the new testaments published
50 pounds
How much did Queen Elizabeth give per year
Renaissance poetry
was influenced by new learning, particularly by content and features from classical texts and Continental works influenced by them
Pastoral mode
a kind of writing that uses shepherds and shepherdess in leisure activities as its basic material
Sir Thomas Wyatt
wrote the First English imitations
Meter
a rhythmic pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry (i.e. iambic pentameter)
Rhyme Scheme
the pattern of rhyming sounds that appear at the ends of lines (each identified with letters)
Iambic Pentameter
ten-syllable lines consisting of five iambic feet, an unstressed followed b a stressed syllable
Italian Sonnet
Contains an octave and a sestet
English Sonnet
contains three quatrains and a couplet
Christopher Marlowe
First play Tamburlaine revolutionized English Drama
Lyric Poems
What poem is typically rief, personal, and emotional, presenting the speaker’s thoughts and feelings from his own perspective
Sonnet
What is a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
Metaphysical poetry
What has a more realistic viewpoint and natural use of sounds and syntax, as well as more intellectually virtuous content
Metaphysical conceit
What is an elaborate metaphor that compares two unrelated things, i.e. comparing a husband and wife’s souls to the two points on a compass
Petrarch
What Italian poet popularized the sonnet
Italy
Where was sonnet popular
Henry Howard
Who developed the English sonnets technical aspects
Star
What is Stella a symbol of
Tamburlaine
What revolutionized English drama
Dr. Faustus
What play was considered a masterpiece of English drama
Sir Walter Raleigh
Fought in support of the Huguenots in France
Pastoral Poem
takes as its basic materials shepherds and shepherdesses engaged in leisurely activities
Carpe Diem
Latin for “seize the day”; a philosophy that urges people to make the most of life while they can
Alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds
John Donne
One of seventeenth-century England’s leading poets and its foremost preacher
Conceit
extended metaphors that draw a parallel between highly dissimilar objects or concepts
Paradox
statements that seem to contradict themselves and thus draw readers’ attention to their underlying truth
George Herbert
Poems Wrote perhaps the finest devotional poetry in English
Ben Johnson
England’s first poet laureate
Personification
the giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person
Apostrophe
the addressing of something non human (or an absent person) as if they were able to reply
Epigram
a type of short oem from classical poetry that dealt with one subject and was noted for its wit, pithiness, and balanced, polished style
Elegy
a poem lamenting a death (usually of a loved one) or of death and loss in general
Vowel Shift
What led to the change in poetry
Ocate, setstate
In the Italian what makes up the 2 stanzas
Letters
What do we use to mark rhyme scheme
Farewell love
What sonnet by Thomas wyatt is an apostrophe to cupid
31
Which sonnet by Sidney is about the moon being sad
68
What poem of Spencer shows genuine Godly love
Temporary
What was his main criticism of the pleasures
Literary epic
What is written imitation of oral folk epics
Romance
A poetic narrative focused on courtly life
Christopher marlowe
Which author used latin
Forbidden Morning
What poem is a conceit
Edward VI
Who commissioned the book of common prayer
Faerie Queen
What had the theme of England’s greatness
73
Old age makes life more precious
116
Difference between love and counterfeit love
shepherd
The author criticizes temporarily pleasure
Song
Women are inconsistent in love
True
Did John Fox chose bias
Note 
Flashcard (20)