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History – Text – Modern Link

On the oral report

History:

Life of poet: Donne, education

Allusion in poem: “Indies” reference in Sun Rising.

Historical event: Death of James I

Modern Link

Modern Version of Shakespeare:

Richard III (1995) Richard Loncraine, dir; Ian McKellen

Modern Version of Marlowe:

Edward II (1991) Derek Jarman, dir.

Film version of the Renaissance

Elizabeth (1998) Shekhar Kapure, dir.; Geoffrey Rush, Kate Blanchet

Shakespeare in Love (1998); Joseph Madden, dir.; Joseph Fiennes (written by Tom Stoppard)

Modern Literature linked to Renaissance ideas

Wit, Margaret Edson

Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomasan (Hypnerotomachia Poliphili)