Siobhan Keenan is a Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University, Leicester. She has published a number of essays on Renaissance theatre, and is the author of Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England (Palgrave, 2002), which was short-listed for the Theatre Society Book Prize 2002. She is currently editing an anonymous Caroline play for the Malone Society; and has research interests in Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, and early modern women's writing.

• Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; About this Book; Chronology' Introduction; The Historical Context; The Critical Context; Chapter 1 Drama; The Professional Stage; Private and Occasional Drama; Attitudes to Drama; Comedy; TragedyHistory; Romance & Tragicomedy; Court Masques; Chapter 2 Poetry; Pastoral Verse; The Epic; The Epyllion; The Sonnet Sequence; The Lyric; The Country-House Poem; Chapter 3 Prose; Non-Fiction; Fiction; The Essay; Sermons and Devotions; Romances; Conclusion; Student Resources; Essay Writing Advice; Sample Essay Questions and Plans; GlossaryGuide to Further Reading; Index

Siobhan Keenan is a Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University, Leicester. She has published a number of essays on Renaissance theatre, and is the author of Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England (Palgrave, 2002), which was short-listed for the Theatre Society Book Prize 2002. She is currently editing an anonymous Caroline play for the Malone Society; and has research interests in Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, and early modern women's writing.

• Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; About this Book; Chronology' Introduction; The Historical Context; The Critical Context; Chapter 1 Drama; The Professional Stage; Private and Occasional Drama; Attitudes to Drama; Comedy; TragedyHistory; Romance & Tragicomedy; Court Masques; Chapter 2 Poetry; Pastoral Verse; The Epic; The Epyllion; The Sonnet Sequence; The Lyric; The Country-House Poem; Chapter 3 Prose; Non-Fiction; Fiction; The Essay; Sermons and Devotions; Romances; Conclusion; Student Resources; Essay Writing Advice; Sample Essay Questions and Plans; GlossaryGuide to Further Reading; Index