The Renaissance - A Sourcebook (Paperback)

This fascinating collection of rare and classic documents provides students at all levels with rich source material and context for studying the literature of Shakespeare's age. Informed by the latest scholarship and meticulous original research, these documents are crucial to understanding the explosive creativity of Renaissance literature.

A wide range of pedagogically designed tools help students find their way into this time of momentous social, economic, and religious transformation era, these include:

- An authoritative introduction outlining historical events, religious revolution, social mobility, technological advances, global exchange, and the literary and cultural ideas that defined 'the Renaissance'

- Informative headnotes, footnotes, and section introductions providing important contexts for each individual document - a timeline and a chronological list of the major literary events of the period - a guide to further reading in both early modern sources and contemporary scholarship, as well as suggestions for useful websites

This book is an invaluable resource for all students of Shakespeare, the English Renaissance, and Early Modern Literature.

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