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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
