Renaissance Literature And Culture

The guide to Renaissance Literature and Culture covers the years 1533-1642, including: religion, politics, exploration and visual culture-major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson-concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism-key critical approaches to modernism from contemporary critics to the present-a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading including websites and electronic resources.

1. Introduction 2. Historical, Cultural and Intellectual Context 2.1 Politics and Economics2.2 Religion2.3 Science and Technology2.4 Art and Culture2.5 Social Structures3. Literature in the Renaissance 3.1 Poetry3.2 Drama3.3 Prose3.4 Literary Movements4. Critical Approaches 4.1 Historical Overview4.2 Key Issues and Debates5. Resources for Independent Study 5.1 Chronology of key historical and cultural events5.2 Glossary of key literary terms5.3 References and Further ReadingIndex