The English Renaissance

This comprehensive anthology collects together primary texts and documents written by Elizabeth Tudor, Machievelli, Edmund Spencer, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Galileo Galilei, James I, Walter Raleigh and Michel Montaigne relevant to the literature, culture and intellectual life in England between 1550 and 1660.Divided into sections, this exciting collection of primary sources covers such topics as religion, poetics, society and social life, education, literary and cultural theories, science and magic, gender and sexuality and exploration and trade.The English Renaissanceenables the reader to intimately experience the controversies, ideas and views of early modern England.