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Informationen zum Autor John C. Hunter is Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities at Bucknell University. His previous publications include essays on Francis Bacon and on early modern drama. Klappentext This extensively revised anthology makes available the most important poetry and prose from the period between the accession of Henry VIII in 1509 and the English Revolution of 1640. Responding to the broadening of the canon in recent years, it balances the work of familiar Renaissance figures with important texts by women writers, supported by helpful introductions and annotations.* A new edition of this popular anthology, which includes many writings from women and from lesser-known writers, alongside established Renaissance figures* Includes work by prominent writers of the period, such as such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Donne, alongside important texts by women, including Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary* Brings together a variety of key works of the period, along with introductions and annotations to the texts, reflecting developments in critical and cultural theory and the latest Renaissance scholarship* Extensively revised, corrected, and expanded to increase the level of annotation, and to make the volume more user-friendly* Now includes a thematic table of contents and timeline, and a substantially expanded introduction to enable students to consider entries more easily in the social, cultural, and historical context of the period Zusammenfassung Reflects developments in critical and cultural theory and in the latest Renaissance scholarship Now includes a thematic table of contents and timeline, and a substantially expanded introduction to enable readers to consider entries more easily in the social, cultural, and historical context of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xvi Alphabetical List of Authors xvii Preface: Representing the Renaissance in the Twenty-First Century xviii Acknowledgments xxiv Timeline: The Tudor and Stuart Monarchs, 1509-1642 xxv Introduction: Renaissance English History and Literature 1 John Skelton (1460?-1529) 17 Philip Sparrow [Part I] 18 Sir Thomas More (1477/8-1535) 35 [From] The History of King Richard the Third (ca. 1513-18) 37 [From] A Dialogue Concerning Heresies (1529) 41 Letter from Margaret Roper to Alice Alington, August 1534 49 Sir Thomas Elyot (ca. 1490-1546) 61 [From] The Book Named the Governor 62 [From] The First Book of The Castell of Health 75 William Tyndale (1494-1536) 81 [From] The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) 82 [From] Tyndale's Translation of the Pentateuch (1530) 98 [From] Tyndale's Translation of the New Testament (1534) 100 Mark 4:1-34 [the Parable of the Sower and the Seed] 100 The Gospel of John, Chapter 1 101 [Tyndale's Translation of Luther's] A Prologue to the Epistle of Paul to the Romans 103 Sir Thomas Wyatt (ca. 1503-1542) 119 [From] Certain Psalms (published 1549) 120 [Prologue] 120 Psalm 51. Miserere Mei Domine 122 Poems Attributed to Wyatt in the Egerton Manuscript and in Tottel's Miscellany 125 [The Long Love] 125 [Whoso List to Hunt] 125 [The Pillar Perished] 125 [Farewell, Love] 126 [Sometime I Fled the Fire] 126 [Tagus, Farewell] 127 [Sighs Are My Food] 127 [Lucks, My Fair Falcon] 127 [In Court to Serve] 127 [They Flee from Me] 128 [Madam, Withouten Many Words] 128 [And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus?] 129 [My Lute, Awake!] 129 [Mine Own John Poyntz] 130 Broadside Ballads (ca. 1535 onwards) 134 A Ballad of Luther, the Pope, a Cardinal, and a Husbandman (ca. 1535) 134 London's Lottery (1612) 137 The S...
