Renaissance - History, 1485-1603 - Tudor Dynasty - British History, English & Irish Literature Anthologies

Renaissance literature

Name: Renaissance literature
Author: Michael Payne
ISBN: 9780631198987

by Payne, Michael, Hunter, John

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Overview

Responding to the broadening of the canon in recent years, this accessible anthology balances a generous selection of familiar Renaissance figures with important texts by women writers.

Includes important texts by women writers alongside more familiar Renaissance masters.
Offers many key works of the period in their entirety.
Introductions and annotations to the texts reflect the developments in critical and cultural theory as well as the current state of Renaissance scholarship.
One of the first anthologies to include cross-references to materials available on the Internet.

About the Author, Michael Payne

Michael Payne is John P. Crozer Professor of English at Bucknell University. He is the editor of A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory (Blackwell, 1996) and the author of Reading Theory (Blackwell, 1993) and Reading Knowledge (Blackwell, 1997).

John Hunter is Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Professor of Comparative Humanities at Bucknell University. His previous publications include essays on Francis Bacon and on early modern drama.

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Library Journal

Contemporary critical theories of New Historicism and cultural or historical materialism have considerably altered the course of Renaissance scholarship. Exposing the ideological agenda embedded in the formation of the superstructure, these theories aim at highlighting the base. This anthology joins hands with them by examining the darker side of the Renaissance along with its golden achievements. Edited by two Renaissance scholars from Bucknell University, the anthology includes selections from English Renaissance poetry and prose published or circulated between the accession of Henry VIII in 1509 and the English Civil War of 1641. Along with the works of canonical authors, such as Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Jonson, this volume also celebrates the works of noncanonical writers, especially women, such as Anne Askew, Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer, Martha Moulsworth, Mary Wroth, and Queen Elizabeth I, whose openly subversive writings have, in fact, been very influential. Arranged chronologically, these selections of prose pieces, carols, ballads, songs, and hymns contain introductory notes, suggested readings, and footnotes. Also included are bibliographical references, indexes, and cross references to the Internet resources. Strongly recommended for all libraries.-Aparna Zambare, Central Michigan Univ. Libs., Mount Pleasant Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.