Jason Scott-Warren is Lecturer, Dept of English and Related Literature, University of York

Scott-Warren's analysis is erudite and sometimes displays a wit worthy of the man who is its subject. It is always lively, and often provocative ... Sir John Harington and the Book as Gift can be welcomed as an example of how New Historicism can most fruitfuly contribute to the illumination of literature.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE ON TEXTS ; INTRODUCTION ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Jason Scott-Warren is Lecturer, Dept of English and Related Literature, University of York

Scott-Warren's analysis is erudite and sometimes displays a wit worthy of the man who is its subject. It is always lively, and often provocative ... Sir John Harington and the Book as Gift can be welcomed as an example of how New Historicism can most fruitfuly contribute to the illumination of literature.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE ON TEXTS ; INTRODUCTION ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Jason Scott-Warren is Lecturer, Dept of English and Related Literature, University of York

Scott-Warren's analysis is erudite and sometimes displays a wit worthy of the man who is its subject. It is always lively, and often provocative ... Sir John Harington and the Book as Gift can be welcomed as an example of how New Historicism can most fruitfuly contribute to the illumination of literature.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTE ON TEXTS ; INTRODUCTION ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX