Lifespans of Renaissance Writers and Publication Dates

Question 1

Thomas Wyatt

Answer 1

1503-1542. 30’s/40’s- active as a poet

Question 2

William Baldwin

Answer 2

1552-1562/3

Question 3

Edmund Spenser

Answer 3

1552-1599.

Question 4

Beware the Cat by William Baldwin

Answer 4

Printed in 1570.

Question 5

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

Answer 5

1590- First 3 books printed. 1596-Printed with an additional three books.

Question 6

Philip Sidney

Answer 6

1554-1586

Question 7

Astrophil and Stella collection by Philip Sidney

Answer 7

Composed 1581-2, printed posthumously 1591

Question 8

Defense of Poesy by Philip Sidney

Answer 8

Printed 1595 posthumously

Question 9

William Shakespeare

Answer 9

1564-1616

Question 10

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Answer 10

Printed in 1609

Question 11

First Folio of Shakespeare’s Works

Answer 11

Printed in 1623 posthumously

Question 12

Christopher Marlowe

Answer 12

1564-1593

Question 13

Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe

Answer 13

Written in 1593

Question 14

George Herbert

Answer 14

1593-1633

Question 15

The Temple by George Herbert

Answer 15

Printed in 1633 posthumously

Question 16

John Donne

Answer 16

1572-1631 Catholic, converted to being a Protestant between 1592-97. Ordained in 1616.

Question 17

Printing of John Donne’s poems

Answer 17

1633, posthumously. Published a second, much revised edition in 1635

Question 18

Ben Jonson

Answer 18

1572-1637. Protestant yet became interested in Catholicism. and began to practice it.

Question 19

Volpone and other works

Answer 19

First produced in 1606.

1616- Works printed.

Question 20

Margaret Cavendish

Answer 20

1623-1673

Question 21

A True Relation of my Birth, Breeding and Life by Margaret Cavendish

Answer 21

1656

Question 22

Thomas Kyd

Answer 22

1558-1594

Question 23

The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd

Answer 23

Published in 1592. Controversial religious views. Written during the years leading up to/of the Spanish Armada (1588).

Question 24

John Milton

Answer 24

1608=1674. Poems printed during the 1645 Civil War.