renaissance literature

1. Prepared by
Payal Chudasama
Department of English

2. • Topic: Comparison of
Elizabethan age and Puritan age
Name:- Payal Chudasama
M.A.-1 sem 1
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3. What is Elizabethan age
 Elizabethan Era.
The Elizabethan Era took
place from 1558 to 1603 and
is considered by many
historians to be the
golden age in English
History. During this era
England experienced peace
and prosperity while the
arts flourished. The
time period is named after
Queen Elizabeth I who
ruled England during this
time.

4. • What is puritan?
 The period between 1625
and 1675 is known as the
"Puritan Age , because
during
the period, Puritan stand
ards prevailed in England,
and also because the
greatest literary figure
John Milton was
a Puritan.
The Puritans struggled for
righteousness and liberty.

5. Elizabethan age Puritan age
 1558-1603
 Queen Elizabeth I power
and beauty
 I was an extravagant and
brutal age
 This age known as
Golden age
 William shekespeare is
great writer of
Elizabethan age.
 The literature of the 17th
century
 Divided into two period
 Jacobean period and
Caroline period
 Age of Milton
 John Milton is great writer
of puritan age.

6. Characteristics of Elizabethan age
 Development of the drama
 Age of dream, and adventure
 The revival of interest in Greek literature
 The Romanticism
 Translations in Elizabethan age
 Spirit of independence
 An age Matirial Advancement
 Development of printing machine and Education

7. Characteristics of puritan Age
 Religious and political Idealism
 Confusion age, breaking up old ideals
 Development of metaphysical poetry
 The spiritual Gloomy
 Decline of the drama