Renaissance Literature

It was a movement originated between the 14th and 17th century , firstly in Italy. The main changes were the innovation in culture and, of course, in Literature.

During the Renaissance we have famous poets that marked this period about the history which was happening. We have in Tudors' Dynasty Sir Thomas More who was a Lord Chancellor and canonised by the Pope. His most famous play was "Utopia".

 

Another one is John Skelton who made satires , or Sir Thomas Wyatt who is well-known by his play "Whoso list to hunt" which makes reference to Anne Boleyn , Henry VIII´s second wife.

Then we have the most famous English poet : William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

He was an English poet  and playwright. His plays were comedies, histories and tragedies. His most famous plays are "Hamlet"," King Lear", "Othello", "Macbeth" and "Romeo and Juliet", based on an Italian tale. 

                                                                                                

In the Jacobean period, the most important poets were Thomas Middleton, a playwright and poet who wrote the famous "A Game at Chess", a satire about the proposed marriage of Prince Charles.

John Ford was another poet less famous but he is known by his tragedy "'Tis Pity She´s a Whore" written in 1633.

The last one is Andrew Marvell, a metaphysical poet and politician who was a colleague and friend of John Milton. His most famous work are "To His Coy Mistress" , "The Garden" and "An Horatian Ode".

 

Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature