The English Renaissance: Literature, Music, and the Evolution of Women's Perception, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica The English Renaissance: Literature, Music, and the Evolution of Women's Perception e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! English renaissance English renaissance is a storical period which goes to the rice of Henry VIII to the throne, to the beginning of Restoration. The English Renaissance is a English movement. The sonnet The Renaissance is considered the best periode of literature and music. The sonnet was introduced in England by Wyatt and Howard, in Italy by Dante and Petrarca. Wyatt and Surrey imitated Petrarca because his “Canzoniere” was very famous in Henry’s court. Women, lady, mistress In the middle age were some vision of the women: - In the provincial poetry women was a ‘lady’ whom the author workshipped like Virgin Mary. The love for this “lady” was linked with the ideals of loyalty, sacrifice… . often , the lady lived with his lord in a castle for economical and political reasons. - During the ‘new style’ the women were seen like a angel, who saved the soul of men. This figure of women, brought men closer to God. - During the renaissance were tho types of vision of love: the ideal love (perfection) and the true lowe (passional and natural). William Shakespeare tried to separate this different vision of love, and for this reason he inverted the classical beauty.