ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DRFAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
A
Marlowe
B
Milton
C
Spencer
D
Johnson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Marlowe, an English poet and playwright, has been called the true child of the Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was Charles Lamb who called Spenser ‘the poet’s poet”. Spenser is called ‘the child of Renaissance and Reformation’ as his works are the finest expression and exposition of the ideals and principles of the Renaissance and the reformation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spenser is called the child of the Renaissance and the Reformation, because in his works we have the finest expression of the ideals and principles of the classical Renaissance and the Reformation. The Renaissance marked the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edmund Spenser (1513-1599) is the man who blended Renaissance and Reformation perfectly. He is the master of Elizabethan poetry. He has been called “The child of the English Renaissance and Reformation” because, in his poetry, there is a nice amalgamation of both these elements.

Detailed explanation-5: -Machiavelli belonged to the region which is presently known as Italy. He belonged to the time when medieval age was coming to an end and modern age was about to begin. Machiavelli is called as child of Renaissance.

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