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1405106263 978-1405106269 November 18, 2002
This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference.

  • Provides new perspectives on established texts.
  • Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions.
  • Pioneered by leading scholars.
  • Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies.
  • Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.

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"The inclusivity and scholarship of this Companion builds on the excellence of the earlier edition. Any university library supporting undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Renaissance literature should consider adding this to their collection." (Reference Reviews, 2011)

"The volume's awesome range makes it a valuable preserve for scholars and an ambitious reference for students." Times Higher Education Supplement

"This impressive tome must certainly be the last word on English Renaissance literature and culture, at least for some considerable time to come." Reference Reviews

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In this comprehensive Companion over fifty of the most eminent modern scholars come together to offer an original and far-reaching survey of English Renaissance literature and culture. The first part of the volume considers pertinent issues such as humanism, English reformations, the development of the language, court culture and playhouses, in terms of the way in which these aspects of Renaissance culture influenced literary production. There are provocative essays on canonical genres such as love poetry and Jacobean tragedy, but also accounts of popular and occasional drama and verse, and the visual arts. The Companion also approaches key texts of the period through a number of new readings, providing original perspectives and positions on both canonical and non-canonical texts. The essays include a range of approaches to a variety of texts from The Spanish Tragedy and The Faerie Queen to 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, the poems of Lady Mary Wroth, and a selection of critical elegies. In the final section, the book moves on to explore contemporary debates in Renaissance studies such as feminism, sexuality, historicism, and nation. This Companion is the only book of its kind to travel beyond the stage and is an invaluable guide for both student and teacher.

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  • Paperback: 792 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (November 18, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1405106263
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405106269
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
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Highly useful English Renaissance reader appropriate for undergraduate English and Humanities courses. Sections include: Contexts and Perspectives, c1500-1650; Readings; Genres and Modes; Issues and Debates. If this compilation is an optional text for a course, I recommend picking it up.
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customary drama, critical elegies, woodcut sheet, early modern letters, candida cerva, counterfeit crank, sheet engraved, engraved sheet, accentual metre, brazen world, pastoral satire, petty school, print trade, religious lyric, non sicut
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