The Literary and Artistic Background

This book explores developments in non-dramatic literary forms, some of which were used by the women writers of the period. It also provides an introduction to the visual arts in England at the time, and provides a taste of the remarkable flowering of music in the English Renaissance.

Chapters in this section:

• Elizabethan English
• Poetry
• Prose
• Women writers
• Publishing
• Renaissance art
• Architecture in England
• Music

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