InhaltsangabeList of Illustrations Alphabetical List of Authors Preface: Representing the Renaissance in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Timeline: The Tudor and Stuart Monarchs, 1509-1642 Introduction: Renaissance English History and Literature John Skelton (1460?-1529) Sir Thomas More (1477/8-1535) Sir Thomas Elyot (ca. 1490-1546) William Tyndale (1494-1536) Sir Thomas Wyatt (ca. 1503-1542) Broadside Ballads (ca. 1535 onwards) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547) (os) John Foxe (1517-1587) Richard Mulcaster (1530?-1611) Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) George Gascoigne (ca. 1534-1577) Certain Sermons or Homilies (1547, 1563) The Book of Common Prayer (1549, 1552, and 1559) (os) Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) (os) Anonymous Carols Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1552-1616) (os) John Lyly (ca. 1553-1606) John Florio (1553?-1625) Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1553-1618) Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Thomas Hariot (1560-1621) and John White (1540?-1590) Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Robert Southwell (1561-1595) Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) (os) A Mirror for Magistrates (1563, 1587 editions) (os) Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) (os) William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Campion (1567-1620) (os) Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) Æmilia Lanyer (1569-1645) (os) Ben Jonson (1572-1637) John Donne (1572-1631) John Marston (1576-1634) Martha Moulsworth (1577-?) (os) Elizabeth (Tanfield) Cary, Lady Falkland (1585-1639) Myles Smith (d. 1624) Lady Mary (Sidney) Wroth (1586?-1651?) George Wither (1588-1667) George Herbert (1593-1633) Rachel Speght (1597-?) (os) Bibliography Index of Titles, Introductions, and Notes

John Hunter is Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities at Bucknell University. His previous publications include essays on Francis Bacon and on early modern drama.

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List of Illustrations Alphabetical List of Authors Preface: Representing the Renaissance in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Timeline: The Tudor and Stuart Monarchs, 1509-1642 Introduction: Renaissance English History and Literature John Skelton (1460?-1529) Sir Thomas More (1477/8-1535) Sir Thomas Elyot (ca. 1490-1546) William Tyndale (1494-1536) Sir Thomas Wyatt (ca. 1503-1542) Broadside Ballads (ca. 1535 onwards) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547) (os) John Foxe (1517-1587) Richard Mulcaster (1530?-1611) Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) George Gascoigne (ca. 1534-1577) Certain Sermons or Homilies (1547, 1563) The Book of Common Prayer (1549, 1552, and 1559) (os) Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) (os) Anonymous Carols Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1552-1616) (os) John Lyly (ca. 1553-1606) John Florio (1553?-1625) Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1553-1618) Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Thomas Hariot (1560-1621) and John White (1540?-1590) Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Robert Southwell (1561-1595) Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) (os) A Mirror for Magistrates (1563, 1587 editions) (os) Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) (os) William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Thomas Campion (1567-1620) (os) Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) ÿmilia Lanyer (1569-1645) (os) Ben Jonson (1572-1637) John Donne (1572-1631) John Marston (1576-1634) Martha Moulsworth (1577-?) (os) Elizabeth (Tanfield) Cary, Lady Falkland (1585-1639) Myles Smith (d. 1624) Lady Mary (Sidney) Wroth (1586?-1651?) George Wither (1588-1667) George Herbert (1593-1633) Rachel Speght (1597-?) (os) Bibliography Index of Titles, Introductions, and Notes