Handbook of English Renaissance Literature

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Handbook of English Renaissance Literature is written by Ingo Berensmeyer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110444887 (ISBN 10) and 9783110444889 (ISBN 13).

This handbook of English Renaissance literature serves as a reference for both students and scholars, introducing recent debates and developments in early modern studies. Using new theoretical perspectives and methodological tools, the volume offers exemplary close readings of canonical and less well-known texts from all significant genres between c. 1480 and 1660. Its systematic chapters address questions about editing Renaissance texts, the role of translation, theatre and drama, life-writing, science, travel and migration, and women as writers, readers and patrons. The book will be of particular interest to those wishing to expand their knowledge of the early modern period beyond Shakespeare.