A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture

As the “new” of the title suggests, this is a new edition of the superb Companion of the same name, minus the “new”, first published in 2000 (RR 2001/213). All of the essays from the earlier edition have been rewritten and twenty new essays have been added under the continued editorship of Michael Hattaway. This has expanded the Companion from one to two volumes allowing for the material to be presented through a simpler structure. 72 academics who are all specialists in their fields provide 82 essays, including Hattaway's own impressive Introduction which actually does such a fine job...