Professor Lisa Hopkins & Dr Matthew Steggle 
Renaissance Literature and Culture [PDF ebook] 

The guide to
Renaissance Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: — the historical, cultural and intellectual background 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.