Self-study
P1
In Intellectual Culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, J. W. Binns asserts that the drama of Shakespeare, the verse of Marlowe, and the prose of Sidney—all of whom wrote in English—do not alone represent the high culture of Renaissance (roughly sixteenth- and seventeenth-century) England. ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██████████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███ ███████ ████████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███
Binns' perspective ·
Latin was culturally important during English Renaissance
Problem ·
Specialists in Renaissance Latin neglect culturally important works
Theology, science, law, medicine
P2
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Expand problem ·
English intellectual historians neglect important influence of Latin
They only cover works written in English, and ignore influences of Latin on English intellectuals
Example of Latin influence ·
Late Renaissance humanism
English writers were influenced by humanist thinkers, who drew on ancient Latin texts
P3
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Summarize problem ·
Gap between specialists in Latin and specialists in English intellectual history
Implication of problem ·
Distorted understanding of Renaissance English history
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
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The author doesn’t suggest that Milton had more straightforward writing than Newton. Although more guidance is available for Milton, this is because language specialists have the kind of training necessary to understand literary works, but lack the training to study scientific works. This doesn’t imply literary works are more straightforward. If intellectual historians had enough training in Latin, then they might find Newton’s works more straightforward than Milton’s.
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The author doesn’t present Milton and Newton as a contrast between writers who wrote in Latin and those who wrote in English. They both wrote at least some works in Latin.
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It’s not clear that either Milton or Newton are Continental writers. The purpose of mentioning them is to show the difference in the amount of guidance available for Latin literary works and Latin scientific works.
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The author doesn’t compare the level of appreciation of Milton and Newton. We have no indication one is more appreciated than the other.
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Milton and Newton are mentioned at the