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"In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the Companion, 80 scholars come together to offer an original and far-reaching assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture.: A new edition of the best-selling Companion to English Renaissance Literature, revised and updated, with 22 new essays and 19 new illustrations; Contributions from some 80 scholars including Judith H. Anderson, Patrick Collinson, Alison Findlay, Germaine Greer, Malcolm Jones, Arthur Kinney, James Knowles, Arthur Marotti, Robert Miola and Greg Walker; Unrivalled in scope and its exploration of unfamiliar lite."-- The English language of the early modern period / Arja Nurmi -- Literacy and education / Jean R. Brink -- Rhetoric / Gavin Alexander -- History / Patrick Collinson -- Metaphor and culture in Renaissance England / Judith H. Anderson -- Early Tudor humanism / Mary Thomas Crane -- Platonism, stoicism, scepticism, and classical imitation / Sarah Hutton -- Translation / Liz Oakley-Brown -- Mythology / Jane Kingsley-Smith -- Scientific writing / David Colclough -- Publication : print and manuscript / Michelle O'Callaghan -- Early modern handwriting / Grace Ioppolo -- The manuscript transmission of poetry / Arthur F. Marotti -- Poets, friends, and patrons : Donne and his circle, Ben and his tribe / Robin Robbins -- Law : poetry and jurisdiction / Bradin Cormack -- Spenser's Faerie queene, book 5 : poetry, politics, and justice / Judith H. Anderson -- Law makes the king : Richard Hooker on law and princely rule / Torrance Kirby -- Donne, Milton, and the two traditions of religious liberty / Feisal G. Mohamed -- Court and coterie culture / Curtis Perry -- Courtship and counsel : John Lyly's Campaspe / Greg Walker -- Bacon's Of simulation and dissimulation / Martin Dzelzainis -- The literature of the metropolis / John A. Twyning -- Tales of the city : the plays of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton / Peter J. Smith -- An emblem of themselves : early Renaissance country house poetry / Nicole Pohl -- Literary gardens, from More to Marvell / Hester Lees-Jeffries -- English reformations / Patrick Collinson -- Translations of the Bible / Gerald Hammond -- Lancelot Andrewes' Good Friday 1604 sermon / Richard Harries -- Theological writings and religious polemic / Donna B. Hamilton -- Catholic writings / Robert S. Miola -- Sectarian writing / Hilary Hinds -- The English broadside print, c.1550-c.1650 / Malcolm Jones -- The writing of travel / Peter Womack -- England's experiences of Islam / Stephan Schmuck --
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