The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500–1600

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ID19944734
AuthorsColin Burrow (0000-0001-7548-2081), Clark Hulse (0000-0002-7738-0158), Wendy Wall, Catherine Bates (0000-0002-4060-9983), John N King, Leah S Marcus, Suzanne Gossett, Heather Dubrow, Donald Cheney, Anne Lake Prescott, Lena Cowen Orlin, Garrett Sullivan, Raymond Waddington, Richard Helgerson
EditorsArthur F Kinney
Year1999
Pages339
Publication date1999-12-02
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Cambridge companion to English literature, 1500-1600 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/ccol0521582946
OpenAlexW366903604
Open LibraryOL36134M
ISBN9780521587587
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This is the first comprehensive account of English Renaissance literature in the context of the culture which shaped it: the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the tumult of Catholic and Protestant alliances during the Reformation, the age of printing and of New World discovery. In this century courtly literature under Henry VIII moves toward a new, more personal poetry of sentiment, narrative and romance. The development of English prose is seen in the writing of More, Foxe and Hooker and in the evolution of satire and popular culture. Drama moves from the churches to the commercial playhouses with the plays of Kyd, Marlowe and the early careers of Shakespeare and Jonson. The Companion tackles all these subjects in fourteen newly-commissioned essays, written by experts for student readers. A detailed chronology of major literary achievements concludes with a list of authors and their dates

Library science · Title page · Computer Science · History · Irish and British Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Scottish History and National Identity · 1500-1700 · 16th century · Early modern · Early modern, 1500-1700 · English literature · Great britain · History and criticism · history and criticism, early modern · Literature and history

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