HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Vernacular-Dante, Sonnet-Shakespeare, Picaresque-Miguel de Cervantes
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Vernacular-Shakespeare, Sonnet-Dante, Picaresque-Miguel de Cervantes
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Vernacular-Dante, Sonnet-Miguel de Cerucantes, Picaresque-Shakespeare
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of early English history. The poem Cædmon’s Hymn from the 7th century is one of the oldest surviving written texts in English.
Detailed explanation-2: -William Baer suggests that the first eight lines of the earliest Sicilian sonnets are identical to the eight-line Sicilian folksong stanza known as the Strambotto. To this, da Lentini (or whoever else invented the form) added two tercets to the Strambotto in order to create the new 14-line sonnet form.
Detailed explanation-3: -1 Old English literature (c. 450–1066) 2 Middle English literature (1066–1500) 2.1 Medieval theatre. 3 English Renaissance (1500–1660) 3.1 Elizabethan period (1558–1603) 4 Restoration Age (1660–1700) 4.1 Poetry. 5 18th century. 6 Romanticism (1798–1837) 7 Victorian literature (1837–1901) 8 20th century. More items