Queen Elizabeth I is surely one of England's greatest monarchs, because her reign gave

England some sense of stability and a considerable sense of national and religious triumph after
the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. All the energy and confidence born in this period
found expression in literature. The Elizabethan age saw the flowering of poetry (the sonnet,
the Spenserian stanza, dramatic blank verse), was a golden age of drama (especially for the plays
of Shakespeare), and inspired a wide variety of splendid prose (from historical chronicles,
versions of the Holy Scriptures, pamphlets, and literary criticism to the first English novels).
Queen Elizabeth heavily patronized the theater. Many of the great plays written during her reign
were created to be performed specifically for her. Of her influence and patronage, the theater,
which was often labeled "immoral" by clerics of the day, became a respectable form of
entertainment. Playwrights William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson all
thrive during this period.
Writing this research paper one of the propose was to develop the knowledge and to go
deeply in the domain of English Literature surveying the topic: Queen Elizabeth I Impact on
English Literature, because Queen Elizabeth has great worth for the flourishing of literature.
The main goal of this investigation was to identify and to analyze the impact of Queen
Elizabeth I in English Literature. The major goal of the research has been achieved through the
analysis and identification of the most thrive Elizabethan literature forms and their
representatives that were influenced in a positive way by Queen Elizabeth I and it was conclude
that drama and poetry are the most flourished literary forms during the Renaissance period
represented by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Sir Thomas Wyatt,
Early of Surrey, Edmund Spencer, Sir John Lily and Thomas Kid etc.
To attain the main goal were set up the following objects:
- To define the term Renaissance;
- To study and explore the historical background of the Renaissance Period;
- To study and identify the importance of Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabethan Era;
- To identify the Elizabethan Impact on English Literature;
- To determine the general characteristics of Elizabethan literature and writers;
- To study and analyse the main literary forms of the Age;
- To identify the main divisions of drama and poetry existed during this period;
- To introduce the most popular representatives of the age;
Considered one of the greatest monarchs of England, Queen Elizabeth I enticed for
centuries a great kind of critical approach such critics, scholars as Fletcher R. H, Kenneth
Brodey, Tcacenco L., Gredina I., Schelling Felix Emmanuel, Keast William B., Mititelu Ina,
Carter Ronald and McRae John, etc.
This research paper is of a great importance because of the close approach and study of
Queen Elizabeths impact on English literature and her influence on the representatives of drama
and poetry that resulted in a new stage, a gold one, of development of literature. This presented
paper could serve as cultural, informative and didactic material for persons that are interested in
the developing literature forms during Queen Elizabeths reign.