In the Renaissance, choice of genre depended, in large part, upon the desire to find a form in which to 'speak out' about political realities that could not be addressed directly. Discuss.

In his book Humanism, Tony Davies examines the essence of the Renaissance, and concludes that the period was ultimately a way to "speak out" against the trials of society and the realities of the political court. The literary era had a "central preoccupation with eloquence", which Davies defines as 'speaking out' or 'public speaking.' Thus it follows that with the arrival of the Renaissance, writers began analysing not only themselves and their emotions, but …

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