ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DRFAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During Spencer’s visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as____ much of his work:
A
Rosalind
B
Belinda
C
Both a and b
D
None of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Writing style Christopher Marlowe was the first writer to prove how effective and expressive blank verse could be when used for drama. Before Marlowe, plays strictly used rhymed verse instead. Finding it too stiff and formal, he completely changed the way writers wrote plays and used blank verse.

Detailed explanation-2: –died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London), British poet and playwright. The son of a Canterbury shoemaker, he earned a degree from Cambridge University. From 1587 he wrote plays for London theatres, starting with Tamburlaine the Great (published 1590), in which he established dramatic blank verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which period of English literature came first? The first historical period of English Literature is the Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066). Hope you have a comprehensive understanding of the history of English literature through this blog.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Marlowe was an Elizabethan poet and William Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama. He is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse. In a playwriting career that spanned little more than six years, Marlowe’s achievements were diverse and splendid.

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