The English Renaissance

<P>This comprehensive anthology collects in one volume primary texts and documents relevant to literature, culture and intellectual life in England from 1550 to 1660. Through both well-known and forgotten texts that were influential at the time, the volume introduces controversies, ideas, and views on all areas of cultural interest in early modern England. Sections include:</P><P>* religion and theology<BR>* politics and economics<BR>* society<BR>* education and humanism<BR>* literary and cultural theories<BR>* science and magic<BR>* exploration and traffic.</P><P>Each section provides historical breadth, showing change and continuity. <EM>The English Renaissance</EM> enables students to compare the ideology, content and rhetorical strategies of ''literary'' and ''aesthetic'' texts with ''historical'' or ''political'' events and texts.</P>