The English Renaissance.

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The early modern period was a time of exploration, experimentation, and creativity during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England. The writers of the age include Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Mary Wroth, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton. In this course, students will explore and analyze representative works by these writers and others, making connections between the writers and the cultural context in which they lived.