by Susan Bruce (Editor), Rebecca Steinberger (Editor)
The Renaissance Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the 'English Renaissance' or 'Early modern' period. It provides a one-stop resource for students with the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. It includes: - introductions to authors, texts and 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 theoretical and critical texts. Written in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for anyone beginning their study of English Renaissance literature.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: Annotated
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published: 30 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0826494994
ISBN 13: 9780826494993
Scholars of English literature in Britain and the US begin by setting the historical, literary, and cultural context of the Renaissance period, 1485 to 1639. Then they provide students with insights into how to read Renaissance texts. They cover key primary literary texts, key theoretical and critical texts, key critical concepts and topics, critical responses and approaches to British Renaissance literature, changes in the canon, and mapping the current critical landscape. An appendix on teaching, curriculum, and learning is available online. -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.
One useful handbook designed for students addresses the field of English Renaissance literary studies... offers a wide-ranging introduction to the field... a handy overview of key critical concepts and topics. Studies in English Literature 1500-1900