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.

Siobhan Keenan is to be commended for having achieved precisely the right balance between comprehensiveness, comprehension, and compression. This is a really useful guide to a varied and vibrant period, written in a clear style that never sacrifices complexity in its quest for clarity. -- Willy Maley Journal of the Northern Renaissance Siobhan Keenan is to be commended for having achieved precisely the right balance between comprehensiveness, comprehension, and compression. This is a really useful guide to a varied and vibrant period, written in a clear style that never sacrifices complexity in its quest for clarity.

• 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.

Siobhan Keenan is to be commended for having achieved precisely the right balance between comprehensiveness, comprehension, and compression. This is a really useful guide to a varied and vibrant period, written in a clear style that never sacrifices complexity in its quest for clarity. -- Willy Maley Journal of the Northern Renaissance Siobhan Keenan is to be commended for having achieved precisely the right balance between comprehensiveness, comprehension, and compression. This is a really useful guide to a varied and vibrant period, written in a clear style that never sacrifices complexity in its quest for clarity.

• 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