What is Elizabethan literature?
[[File:Elizabeth I (Armada Portrait).jpg|300px|thumb|The [[Armada Portrait]] of [[Elizabeth I]], by an unidentified artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/we-recommend/attractions/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i |title=The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>]] '''Elizabethan literature''' refers to books written during the rule of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] (1558–1603). It is one of the greatest ages of [[English literature]]. New forms of poetry appeared during this period, such as the [[sonnet]], the [[Spenserian stanza]], and dramatic [[blank verse]]; as well as prose, including [[pamphlet]]s, and the first English novels. The main writers include [[William Shakespeare]], [[Edmund Spenser]], [[Christopher Marlowe]], [[Richard Hooker]], [[Ben Jonson]], [[Philip Sidney]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabethan Literature |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Elizabethan-literature |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> and [[Thomas Kyd]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{lit-stub}} {{English literature}} [[Category:English literature]]