English Renaissance

Not a lot of women in this section . . .

Needless to say, ETS loves the Renaissance almost as much as it loves John Milton. A number of the folks I have listed here are minor figures, but the ones who aren't minor you really should know for the exam. I have made a section called "Shakespeare Studying Strategy," which lays out how I went about studying Shakespeare (it's easy -- don't stress).

Wyatt and Surrey

Thomas Kyd

Thomas Campion

*Sir Walter Ralegh*

*Sir Phillip Sidney*

John Webster

John Skelton

*Edmund Spenser*

Michael Drayton

*Christopher Marlowe*