The Renaissance Literature Handbook

Susan Bruce, Rebecca Steinberger, Susan Bruce, Rebecca Steinberger

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780826495006
• eBook ISBN: 9781441161093
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

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.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• General Editors’ Introduction
• Introduction
• Renaissance Timeline: 1485 to 1639
• Part I: The Renaissance Period
• Part II: How to Read Renaissance Texts
• Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning
• Notes on Contributors
• Notes
• Digital Resources
• Works Cited
• Index