LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Who was considered to be England’s first literary celebrity?
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John Donne
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Sir Thomas More
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John Foxe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the “father of English literature", or, alternatively, the “father of English poetry".
Detailed explanation-2: -Foxe and his family fled to Europe when Queen Mary came into reign in 1553, eventually settling in Frankfurt. While they are in Frankfurt, Hugh Latimer is burned at the stake. Foxe loses many of his friends in this same way, and this fuels his desire to write a book against these acts.
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