`It is P.G.Stanwood's inestimable service to have readers to appreciate the richness of Taylor's text and of his rhetorical strategies by granting them for the first time full access to Taylor's cultural store. To the benefit of a carefully edited text he adds detailed and comprehensive bibliographical annotation for all Taylors allusions, ...'Christina Malcolmson, Yearbook of English Studies.

• Part 1 General introduction: the literary and devotional tradition of "Holy dying"; the plan of "Holy dying". Part 2 Textual introduction: the text and its transmission; the present edition; bibliographical description of editions collated. Part 3 "Holy dying". Emendation of accidentals. Commentary. Bibliography. Index.