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Amazon.co.uk: 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: Books: James Shapiro (1525 words) |
 | Queen Elizabeth was nearing the end of her reign and the old issues of succession occupied the court, tied in as they were with questions of whether England would remain a Protestant country or revert to Catholicism. |
| During the course of 1599 Shakespeare began to transform the world of Elizabethan theatre, replacing much of the bawdy goings-on common to the stage with dramatic works that made intense demands on the audience. |
| 1599 is the year in which The Globe (then called The Theatre) was 'pinched' over Christmas 1598 and transported, timber by timber, from its original site in Shoreditch to be rebuilt on the other side of the Thames in Soutwark - a task which was not to be completed till the following July. |
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: English Literature (11522 words) |
| It is not unlikely that the written literature may have begun as early as the sixth century, but at any rate, by the middle of the seventh century the traces of it are clear in the work of Cædmon, according to the testimony of Bede. |
| It is the custom of historians of literature to divide the literary life of Chaucer into a French, an Italian, and an English period, according as his work was influenced by the manner of each national literature. |
| Yet it is to this acquaintance with Italy and its literature that we owe the revival of English poetry after its long relapse since the death of Chaucer. |
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