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Literary Jewels: The University Wits

By abcpoet 134 days ago from http://literarybonanza.blogspot.com

The term University Wits is applied to a group of scholars, who wrote in the closing years of sixteenth century. The group included Christopher Marlowe of 'Doctor Faustus' fame, Thomas Kyd and others. The Wits in a way set up a precedent for Shakespearean drama. They did not blindly follow the classic Greek or Roman drama as was the tradition at that time. They only used it as a model but showed their ingenuity by remodelling the frame.

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