A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature.

This collection reveals the valuable work that women achieved in publishing, printing, writing and reading early modern English books, from those who worked in

Illness in childhood was common in early modern England. Hannah Newton asks how sick children were perceived and treated by doctors and laypeople, examines the

This is a detailed 2002 study of the political significance of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1613.

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writ