First published in 1971.This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history.Contents include: Spenser and the Allegorists; The Faerie Queene, I and V; The Cave of Mammon; The Banquet of Sense; John Donne; The Patience of Shakespeare; Survival fo the Classic; Shakespeare's Learning; The Mature Comedies; The Final Plays.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Spenser and the Allegorists; Chapter 2 ‘The Faerie Queene’, I and V1See Preface.; Chapter 3 The Cave of Mammon; Chapter 4 The Banquet of Sense1See Preface.; Chapter 5 John Donne; Chapter 6 The Patience of Shakespeare; Chapter 7 Survival of the Classic; Chapter 8 Shakespeare's Learning1See Preface.; Chapter 9 The Mature Comedies; Chapter 10 The Final Plays; Chapter 11 Adam Unparadised;
