The Renaissance in England: Non-Dramatic Prose and Verse of the 16th Century

The most extensive collection of English Renaissance literature! This extensive volume presents a survey of the literature of Renaissance England, including the Tudor and Elizabethan periods, the Reformation, translations from classical Greek and Latin works, prose fiction, critical theory, and other forms of literature that characterize this period. Completely self- contained, this valuable collection of works features a glossary of English words and phrases containing over 5,600 entries, a glossary of names and foreign words and phrases containing over 3,200 entries, and background information on many of the authors and works. A comprehensive index lists authors, titles, and first lines of poems.