17th-Non-Poetry+Movements

= **17th Century Non-Poetry** =

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17th century non-poetry consisted of famous plays and novels. The most famous sort of play in this period were Revenge Tragedies. The revenge tragedies first began in the 16th century, but continued to develop in the 17th century with the additions that many famous play-rights made to it. Some famous playwrights of that time were Thomas Kyd, William Shakespeare, John Marston, and many more. The [| novels] of this period were of many historical settings, like the Civil Wars in England between Royalist supporters of King Charles I and the Puritan Parliamentarians; migration to America and Canada; the last of the witch persecutions and many more.

Thomas Kyd
[| Thomas Kyd] was born in 1558. He went to the Merchant Taylors School in London. There aren't many details of his life recorded, but it was said that he shared a room with [| Christopher Marlow]. Thomas Kyd is foremost known for his play, " [| The Spanish Tragedy] " (1589). It is also said that Thomas Kyd had made a version of Hamlet, called Ur-Hamlet, and that it had been the structure for Shakespeare's Hamlet.

William Shakespeare
[| William Shakespeare] was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare is responsible for many of the most famous revenge tragedies of the 17th century like King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth.

Unifying Principles
 The unifying principle of novels for this time period was struggle. The novels and plays of the 17th century revolved around the Civil Wars in England between the Royalist supporters of King Charles I and the Puritan Parliamentarians; the Thirty Years War; the migration to the American Colonies and Canada; and the last of the witch persecutions. The plays also depicted the people's unhappiness in their situations.

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Sources: http://www.historicalnovels.info/Seventeenth-Century.html

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