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Writers from the Old English, MiddleEnglish, and the Renaissance period

Aguilar Estrada Yaritza Gisell

Estudio del Desarrollo del Segundo Idioma

Unidad 1

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From Old English

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The details of the life ofAnglo-Saxon poetCynewulf (flourished8th or 9th century) areshrouded in mystery.

What is known is thathe was one of theearliest religiouspoets and wrotebeautiful versessteeped in Christianbelief.

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O Ruler and righteous King, Thou who holdests the key andopenest life, bless us with victory, with that glorious successdenied unto him whose work availeth naught! Verily in our

need do we speak these words: We beseech Him whocreated man that He choose not to pronounce judgmentupon us who, sad at heart, sit yearning in prison for the sun'sjoyous course until such time as the Prince of life reveal lightunto us, become our soul's defense, and compass the feeble

mind with splendor; of all this may

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From Middle English

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The English author Sir ThomasMalory (active 15th century)

wrote Le Morte Darthur, one ofthe most popular proseromances of the medievalperiod. The work was the firstfull-length book in English about

the adventures of King Arthurand the Knights of the RoundTable.

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ANd whan syr Ector herde suchenoyse & lyghte in the quyre of Ioyousgarde he alyght & put his hors fromhym & came in to the quyre & there

he sawe men synge wepe / & al theyknewe syr Ector

AND when Sir Ector heard suchnoise and light in the quire ofJoyous Gard, he alighted and puthis horse from him, and cameinto the quire, and there he sawmen sing and weep. And all they

knew Sir Ector

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From the Renaissance

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In just 23 years, he is attributed with writing 38 plays,Famous Shakespearean sonnets and 5 other poems. He

is the most widely read of all Authors and the popularity ofthe Life and Works of Shakespeare, in English speakingcountries, is second only to the Bible.

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HAMLET :'Tis e'en so: the hand of littleemployment hath the daintier sense.

First Clown: Sings. But age, with his stealingsteps, Hath claw'd me in his clutch, And hathshipped me intil the land, 69 As if I had never

been such. Throws up a skull.

HAMLET: That skull had a tongue in it, and couldsing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, asif it were Cain's jaw-bone, that did the first murder!

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Donne's poetryembraces a wide

range of secular andreligious subjects. Hewrote cynical verseabout inconstancy,poems about true love

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'Tis love breeds love in me, andcold disdain

Kills that again,As water causeth fire to fret and

fume,Till all consume.

Who can of love more rich giftmake,

That to Love's self for love'sown sake?

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The overall impression one getsfrom reading Browne is of an

urbane, sophisticated and wittywriter, who delights in collectingtrivia and arcane information.His style is elegant and, formodern tastes, probably rather

too learned, but his love of whathe does is obvious.

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If the nearnesse of our lastnecessity, brought a nearerconformity unto it, there were ahappinesse in hoary hairs, and

no calamity in half senses. Butthe long habit of livingindisposeth us for dying; When

Avarice makes us the sport ofdeath; When even David grew

politickly cruell;and Solomon could hardly besaid to be the wisest of men.But many are too early old, andbefore the date of age.

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Liminarium (2007); Available: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/browne/brownebio.htm

Humanities Web; Available: http://www.humanitiesweb.org/spa/lcp/ID/28087/c/778

Shakespeare Online (2010); Available: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet_5_1.html

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Sacred Text; Available: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart502.htm

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