Which of the following characterizes the literary production of the English Renaissance? A. the use of the English language. B. a distancing from the literature of the ancient past. C. the preaching of strict morals based on Protestant ideals

Among the above choices provided, the one that characterizes the literary production of the English Renaissance is the use of the English language. The English Renaissance was a movement last 15th to 17th century that was associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century.