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Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including: . Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts . Guides to key critics, concepts and topics . An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research . Case studies in reading literary and critical texts . Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. The Renaissance Literature Handbook is a comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the "English Renaissance" or "Early Modern" period.>
List of contents
General Editors' Introduction
1. Introduction and Timeline - Susan Bruce and Rebecca Steinberger
PART 1: THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
2. The Historical Context of English Renaissance Literature - William J. Kerwin (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
3. Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Movements -Karen Britland and Lucy Munro (Keele University, UK)
PART II: HOW TO READ RENAISSANCE TEXTS
4. Case Studies in Reading: Key Primary Literary Texts - Hugh Adlington (University of Birmingham, UK)
5. Case Studies in Reading: Key Critical Texts - Christopher R. Orchard (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)
6. Key Critical Concepts and Topics - Nate Eastman (Earlham College, USA)
7. Critical Responses and Approaches to British Renaissance Literature - Tita French Baumlin (Missouri State University, USA)
8. Recent Developments in the Early Modern Literary Canon - Joshua B. Fisher (Wingate University, USA)
9. Returning to the Renaissance - Tom Healy (Birkbeck, University of London)
Annotated Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Report
"This is an admirably lucid and informative handbook for students beginning their engagement with Renaissance literature, but it is also far more than that. These lively readings of primary and secondary texts by a formidable array of the brightest young scholars working in the field today make The Renaissance Literature Handbook an innovative and invaluable research tool for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest developments in early modern studies." - David Hawkes, Professor of English, Arizona State University, USA
