The English Renaissance
Subtitle: an anthology of sources and documents
By: edited by Kate Aughterson.
Contributors: Aughterson, Kate, 1961-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Renaissance -- England -- Sources.; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Sources.; Great Britain -- History -- Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 -- Sources.; Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Sources.
Description: This comprehensive anthology collects together primary texts and documents relevant to the literature, culture, and intellectual life in England between 1550 and 1660. Providing a combination of both well-known texts and forgotten texts that were influential at the time, The Renaissance gives the reader an intimate first-hand experience of controversies, ideas, and views on all areas of cultural interest in early modern England. It includes sections on religion, politics, society, education, literary theory, sexuality, science and magic, and exploration and provides historical breadth within each section, easy accessibility to rarely available texts in a single volume, and notes and cross-references which refer readers back to mainstream literary texts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-599) and index.