Textbook
The English Renaissance 1500-1620ISBN: 978-0-631-22024-4
Paperback
336 pages
December 2000, ©2000, Wiley-Blackwell
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A series of short biographical essays on the key writers of the
period explain their significance, and explore a variety of
perspectives with which to approach them. In-depth analyses of a
number of well-studied texts are also provided, indicating why each
text is important and suggesting ways in which each might usefully
be read. Texts featured include Astrophil and Stella, Othello,
Utopia, Dr Faustus, The Tragedy of Miriam, The Unfortunate
Traveller and the Faerie Queene.
The volume charts the intricacies of English Renaissance
literature, taking in a variety of themes including women, gender
and the question of homosexuality; the stage; printing and
censorship; humanism and education and rhetoric. Attention is also
drawn to current debates in Renaissance criticism such as New
Historicism and Cultural Materialism, thus the book provides
students with an unparalleled foundation for further study.
Fully cross-referenced, with a useful chronology, glossary and suggestions for further reading, this much-needed guide conveys the excitement of reading Renaissance literature.