SUSAN BRUCE is Lecturer in the English Department of the University of Keele, UK. Rebecca Steinberger is Associate Professor of English Literature at Misericordia University, USA.

"This is an admirably lucid and informative handbook for students beginning their engagement with Renaissance literature, but it is also far more than that. These lively readings of primary and secondary texts by a formidable array of the brightest young scholars working in the field today make The Renaissance Literature Handbook an innovative and invaluable research tool for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest developments in early modern studies." - David Hawkes, Professor of English, Arizona State University, USA

• General Editors' Introduction1. Introduction and Timeline - Susan Bruce and Rebecca Steinberger PART 1: THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD 2. The Historical Context of English Renaissance Literature - William J. Kerwin (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA) 3. Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Movements -Karen Britland and Lucy Munro (Keele University, UK) PART II: HOW TO READ RENAISSANCE TEXTS 4. Case Studies in Reading: Key Primary Literary Texts - Hugh Adlington (University of Birmingham, UK) 5. Case Studies in Reading: Key Critical Texts - Christopher R. Orchard (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA) 6. Key Critical Concepts and Topics - Nate Eastman (Earlham College, USA) 7. Critical Responses and Approaches to British Renaissance Literature - Tita French Baumlin (Missouri State University, USA) 8. Recent Developments in the Early Modern Literary Canon - Joshua B. Fisher (Wingate University, USA) 9. Returning to the Renaissance - Tom Healy (Birkbeck, University of London) Annotated Bibliography Notes on ContributorsIndex