Writers of the Renaissance

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Writers of the Renaissance

• A New Kind of Literature

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How-to Books

• Poets, artists, scholars mingled with
  politicians
• How-to books were demanded

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Niccolo Machiavelli

• Italian author
• The ends justify the means.
• Believed strict leadership could unite Italy

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Baldassare Castiglione

• Italian humanist, diplomat courtier
• Authority on aristocratic manners

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The Book of the Courtier

• "Men demonstrate their courage far more often in
  little things than in great."
• What did he mean?

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Northern Humanists

• Stressed education classical learning
• Emphasized religious themes.
• Use ancient learning to bring religious moral
  reform.

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Francesco Petrarch

• One of the first humanists
• Wrote poetry Sonnets to Laura
• Considered some of the greatest love poems in
  literature

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Francesco Petrarch (continued)

• Believed classical writers were committed to
  virtue in public private life
• Desire for salvation versus fame

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Sir Thomas More

• An English Humanist
• Published Utopia
• Executed by King Henry VIII

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Utopia

• Under such a system, theres bound to be plenty
  of everything, and as everything is divided
  equally among the entire population, there
  obviously cant be any poor people or beggars.

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Writers for a New Audience

• New demand for works in the vernacular
• Demand for dramatic tales earthly comedies

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William Shakespeare

• English poet playwright
• Wrote comedies, historical plays tragedies

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Hamlet

• To be, or not to be that is the question
  Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the
  slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to
  take arms against a sea of troubles, and by
  opposing end them?

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Words of Wisdom

• Machiavelli Castiglione wrote how-to guides
  for nobles who wanted to rise to power.
• Now its your turn to write a how-to guide, but
  not for nobleman of the Renaissance for the
  Freshman of Appoquinimink High School.
• Write 10 guidelines for Freshman Survival at AHS.
  Remember, we want to help them make it to
  graduation in 4 short years. So impart some
  wisdom!
• This will be collected! ?