The Renaissance literature handbook

General Editors' Introduction 1. 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. Issues of Sexuality, Gender and Ethnicity - Marion Wynne-Davies (University of Surrey, UK) 10. Returning to the Renaissance - Tom Healy (Birkbeck, University of London) Annotated Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index.