This concise introduction to the literature of an exciting and
influential period opens with an overview of the historical and
cultural context in which English Renaissance literature was
produced, and a discussion of its contemporary and subsequent
critical reception. The following chapters survey the major
Renaissance genres of drama, poetry and prose. Each chapter
provides illustrative case studies of canonical and non-canonical
key texts by authors such as William Shakespeare, Christopher
Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, Sir Philip
Sidney, John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, Sir Francis Bacon, Thomas
Nashe, and Lady Mary Wroth. A guide to further reading accompanies
each chapter, complemented by a section of student resources at the
end of the book. The final chapter summarises significant
developments in English Renaissance literary culture, and discusses
the future direction of Renaissance literary scholarship. Key
Features *Detailed readings of Spenser's The Faerie Queene,
Milton's 'Lycidas', Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, Shakespeare's
Sonnets, Venus and Adonis and Hamlet, Marlowe's Tamburlaine,
Jonson's The Alchemist, Lanyer's 'The Description of Cookham',
Bacon's Essays, Donne's sermons, Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller
and Wroth's The Countess of Montgomery's Urania *A broad overview
of Renaissance literature and the context in which it was produced
*An accessible introduction to Renaissance literary criticism,
including past and present debates about the Renaissance 'canon' *A
variety of study aids, including end-of-chapter summaries of key
points, a glossary of literary and historical terms, a chronology,
advice on essay writing, sample essay questions and plans, and a
guide to further reading and electronic research resources.
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