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A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture

Michael Hattaway editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:13th Apr '10

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In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the Companion, 80 scholars come together to offer an original and far-reaching assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture.

  • A new edition of the best-selling Companion to English Renaissance Literature, revised and updated, with  22 new essays and 19 new illustrations
  • Contributions from some 80 scholars including Judith H. Anderson, Patrick Collinson, Alison Findlay, Germaine Greer, Malcolm Jones, Arthur Kinney, James Knowles, Arthur Marotti, Robert Miola and Greg Walker
  • Unrivalled in scope and its exploration of unfamiliar literary and cultural territories the Companion offers new readings of both ‘literary’ and ‘non-literary’ texts
  • Features essays discussing material culture, sectarian writing, the history of the body, theatre both in and outside the playhouses, law, gardens, and ecology in early modern England
  • Orientates the beginning student, while providing advanced students  and faculty with new directions for their research
  • All of the essays from the first edition, along with the recommendations for further reading, have been reworked or updated

"As with the previous volume, each essay is the work of an accomplished scholar and is supplemented with a list of references and further reading. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (Choice, 1July 2011)

 

ISBN: 9781405187626

Dimensions: 257mm x 183mm x 76mm

Weight: 2517g

1272 pages