The Renaissance

Nonetheless, this would change in 1454 with the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg. Gutenberg's invention revolutionized bookmaking in Europe. He was the key figure in spreading the Renaissance. He's invention of movable type is still considered the most important invention in history by many. Prior to this invention, boots were hand written. Gutenberg major work was the printing of the Gutenberg Bible.

 

Another noteworthy factor that contributed to the spark of the Renaissance is the amazing wave of writers who emerged during that time period. One of the very first writers is Dante Alighieri, an Italian Polaroid from Florence. His most important work was divine comedy, completed in 1321.

 

The next writer is Giovanni Boccaccio, a poet and writer from Florence. He was a friend of Petrarch. Boccaccio's characters were not symbols, as was common in the literature of the time, but realistic figures with human traits. He wrote the Decameron, A collection of 100 stories told by three-man and seven women who flea Florence to avoid the Black Death.

 

Another important writer of the renaissance is Niccolo Machiavelli Who was not only an author, but also a diplomat, poet, humanist, and a philosopher. Machiavelli road to influential books on government and politics.

 

The French writer Michel de Montaigne is widely known for inventing the essay as a literary genre, in his book Essais which means literally "attempts" in French. Montaigne had a dramatic influence on many famous authors such as Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

 

Another remarkable Spanish writer and novelist was Miguel de Cervantes. He became worldwide known for his novel Don Quixote, the most influential work of literature to come out of the Spanish Golden age. Cervantes was not only a novelist, but a poet, painter, and playwright.

 

Arguably the greatest writer of the time, William Shakespeare is considered to be one of the greatest dramatist of all time. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer's Night dream, Henry IV, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet just to name a few. Scholars identify four specific periods of writing in Shakespeare's life. The first period consisted mainly of comedies, such as Taming of the Shrew and Comedy of Errors. The second period consisted of tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. The third period is what is called the tragic period.  It consisted of place featuring characters with fatal flaws, such as Hamlet. Other characters Shakespeare portrayed doing this period, such as a fellow and King Lear, made decisions hastily with tragic results. The fourth period was Shakespeare's period of romances, when he rode The Winter's Tale and The Tempest. Shakespeare wrote thirty eight plays, one hundred and fifty four sonnets, two narrative poems, and other poems.

 

Poets were viewed as "the renaissance man" The premier expert on love and the day's prime vehicle of Devine ideas. The poet is, thus, a creator mediating between the world of transcendent forms and the brazen the world of nature.