{"product_id":"a-companion-to-english-renaissance-literature-and-culture-isbn-9781405106269","title":"A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new perspectives on established texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePioneered by leading scholars.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOccupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Hattaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO Contexts and Perspectives, c.1500–1650\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Early Tudor Humanism 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Thomas Crane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 English Reformations 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Collinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Platonism, Stoicism, Scepticism and Classical Imitation 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Hutton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 History 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Collinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The English Language of the Early Modern Period 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eN. F. Blake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Publication: Print and Manuscript 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle O’Callaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Literacy and Education 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean R. Brink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Court and Coterie Culture 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurtis Perry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Literature of the Metropolis 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn A. Twyning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Playhouses and the Role of Drama 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Hattaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Writing of Travel 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Womack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE Readings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Translations of the Bible 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGerald Hammond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 A Reading of Wyatt’s ‘Who so list to hunt’ 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Falconer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Courtship and Counsel: John Lyly’s Campaspe 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Book V: Poetry, Politics and Justice 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith H. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. J. Piesse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Donne’s ‘Nineteenth Elegy’ 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGermaine Greer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Lanyer’s ‘The Description of Cookham’ and Jonson’s ‘To Penshurst’ 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Pohl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Bacon’s ‘Of Simulation and Dissimulation’ 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Dzelzainis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Lancelot Andrewes’s Good Friday 1604 Sermon 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Harries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Herbert’s ‘The Elixir’ 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Weil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Heart of the Labyrinth: Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobyn Bolam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Critical Elegy 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lyon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Ford, Mary Wroth, and the Final Scene of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobyn Bolam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR Genres and Modes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Theories of Literary Kinds 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Roe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Allegory 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClara Mucci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Pastoral 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle O’Callaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Romance 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Epic 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Falconer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Position of Poetry: Making and Defending Renaissance Poetics 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur F. Kinney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The English Print, c.1550–c.1650 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Traditions of Complaint and Satire 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn N. King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Love Poetry 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana E. Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Erotic Poems 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoika Sokolova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Religious Verse 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Poets, Friends and Patrons: Donne and his Circle; Ben and his Tribe 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Robbins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 ‘Such pretty things would soon be gone’: The Neglected Genres of Popular Verse, 1480–1650 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalcolm Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Local and ‘Customary’ Drama 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Pettitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Continuities between ‘Medieval’ and ‘Early Modern’ Drama 477\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael O’Connell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Political Plays 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Longstaffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Women and Drama 499\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlison Findlay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Tales of the City: The Comedies of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton 513\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter J. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 ‘Tied \/ To Rules of Flattery?’: Court Drama and the Masque 525\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Knowles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Jacobean Tragedy 545\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRowland Wymer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Caroline Theatre 556\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy Booth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Scientific Writing 565\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Colclough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Prose Fiction 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Hadfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Theological Writings and Religious Polemic 589\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna B. Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 The English Renaissance Essay: Churchyard, Cornwallis, Florio’s Montaigne and Bacon 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Diaries 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Letters 615\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE Issues and Debates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Rhetoric 623\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarion Trousdale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Identity 634\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. J. Piesse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Was There a Renaissance Feminism? 644\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean E. Howard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 The Debate on Witchcraft 653\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Sharpe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Reconstructing the Past: History, Historicism, Histories 662\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames R. Siemon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Sexuality: A Renaissance Category? 674\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Knowles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Race: A Renaissance Category? 690\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargo Hendricks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Writing the Nation 699\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicola Royan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 709\u003c\/p\u003e  \"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)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"The volume's awesome range makes it a valuable preserve for scholars and an ambitious reference for students.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This impressive tome must certainly be the last word on English Renaissance literature and culture, at least for some considerable time to come.\" \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Hattaway\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. His many publications include \u003ci\u003eElizabethan Popular Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (1982) and he has edited plays by Shakespeare, Beaumont and Jonson. He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama \u003c\/i\u003e(1990) and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in the New Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).  'The volume's awesome range makes it a valuable preserve for scholars and an ambitious reference for students.' - \u003cb\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This impressive tome must certainly be the last word on English Renaissance literature culture, at least for some considerable time to come.' - \u003cb\u003eReference reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e over fifty of the most eminent modern scholars come together to offer an original and far-reaching survey of English Renaissance literature and culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e also approaches key texts of the period through a number of new readings, providing original perspective and positions on both canonical and non-canonical texts. The essays include a range of approaches to a variety of texts from \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy and The Faerie Queen\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003e'Tis Pity She's a Whore,\u003c\/i\u003e the poems of Lady Mary Wroth, and a selection of critical elegies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the final section, the book moves on the explore contemporary debates in Renaissance studies such as feminism, sexuality, historicism, and nation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book of its kind to travel beyond the stage and is an invaluable guide for both student and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606009573,"sku":"NP9781405106269","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405106269.jpg?v=1761780944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-english-renaissance-literature-and-culture-isbn-9781405106269","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}