The Renaissance: A Sourcebook

by Lena Cowen Orlin

Overview

This collection of rare and classic documents provides student with rich source material and context for studying the literature of Shakespeare's age. The documents are supported by substantial editorial matter, including an authoritative introduction which outlines key historical events, movements, and literary and cultural issues of the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230001763
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Series:	Palgrave Sourcebooks , #5
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

LENA COWEN ORLIN is Professor of English at Georgetown University, USA, Washington DC, and Executive Director of the Shakespeare Association of America. She is the author of Locating Privacy in Tudor London (2007) and Private Matters and Public Culture in Post- Reformation England (1994), editor of Material London, ca. 1600 (2000), and co-editor of Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide (2003).
LENA COWEN ORLIN is Professor of English at Georgetown University, USA, Washington DC, and Executive Director of the Shakespeare Association of America. She is the author of Locating Privacy in Tudor London (2007) and Private Matters and Public Culture in Post- Reformation England (1994), editor of Material London, ca. 1600 (2000), and co-editor of Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide (2003).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Key Historical Events
Society, Economy and Class
Families, Gender and Sexuality
Religion and Belief
Philosophy and Ideas
High Culture
Everyday Life and Popular Culture
Literary Production and Reception
Trade and Exploration
Science and Medicine
Further Reading.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Professor Orlin possesses an enviable intellectual sharpness and breadth, an understanding of her audience, and a scholarly acumen. The book covers everything a reader could conceivably want to know about early modern England - religion, the family, philosophy, high culture, trade, everyday life and more. I find it impossible to imagine who could fail to learn from this volume.' - Professor Andrew Hadfield, Head of English, University of Sussex

Editorial Reviews

"Professor Orlin possesses an enviable intellectual sharpness and breadth, an understanding of her audience, and a scholarly acumen. The book covers everything a reader could conceivably want to know about early modern England -- religion, the family, philosophy, high culture, trade, everyday life and more. I find it impossible to imagine who could fail to learn from this volume." --Andrew Hadfield, Head of English, University of Sussex

From the Publisher