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  2. Elizabethan literature - Wikipedia

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    Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature.In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, and dramatic blank verse, as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets, and the first ...

  3. List of female poets - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period in which they were born. ... Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855), English novelist and poet;

  4. List of early-modern British women poets - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of female poets who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800. Nota bene: Authors of poetry are the focus of this list, though many of these writers worked in more than one genre.

  5. Elizabethan era - Wikipedia

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    Elizabethan literature is considered one of the "most splendid" in the history of English literature. In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with new forms like the sonnet , the Spenserian stanza , and dramatic blank verse , as well as prose, including historical chronicles, pamphlets , and the first English novels.

  6. List of poets - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911), US author and poet; Ron Allen (1947–2010), US poet and playwright; Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966), Estonian poet; William Allingham (1824 or 1828–1889), Irish poet and man of letters; Washington Allston (1779–1843), US painter and poet; Damaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist and critic

  7. List of early-modern British women playwrights - Wikipedia

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    Harlow, Elizabeth: 1789 : bookseller; author of one comedy [1] Harrison, Elizabeth: 1724–1756 : The Death of Socrates in Miscellanies on moral and religious subjects (1756) [1] [9] Harvey, Margaret: 1768–1858: English poet, scholar, and playwright Haywood, Eliza: 1693–1756: long career writing in many genres Helme, Elizabeth: 1743–1814

  8. Philip Sidney - Wikipedia

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    Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

  9. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke - Wikipedia

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    Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke [a] (/ f ʊ l k ˈ ɡ r ɛ v ɪ l /; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628) was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.