title: Renaissance Literature and Culture: A Student Guide
author:  Lisa Hopkins 
description: <div>'a wide-ranging and eminently readable introduction to sixteenth and seventeenth-century literature Its discussions take the student on a journey through key areas of historical, religious and social change and engage at every turn with current scholarship in a lively and thought-provoking manner. Informative accounts of the publishing market and its differing consumers, of stage history and questions of genre, for example, are all focused in a way which will excite the interest of the student. Broader themes such as those of gender and sexuality, race and nationhood are also explored and offer valuable opportunities to connect Renaissance cultural history with centres of debate in our own times. This is an ideal place to start for anyone turning to Renaissance literature for the first time.' - Professor Andrew Hiscock, University of Wales, Bangor</div><br /><br />'This looks excellent; I shall look forward to seeing the first texts.' - Jennifer Nicholson, University of Newcastle<br /><br />'Your new series looks interesting and timely' - Professor Elaine Treharne, University of Leicester (Chair of the English Association)<br /><br />
zlib_text: The Renaissance Literature Handbook
  
  Literature and Culture Handbooks
  General Editors: Philip Tew and Steven Barﬁeld
  Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major
  periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture.
  Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature
  students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance
  needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced
  knowledge and skills.
  The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook
  Edited by Gary Day and Bridge Keegan
  The Medieval British Literature Handbook
  Edited by Daniel T. Kline
  The Modernism Handbook
  Edited by Philip Tew and Alex Murray
  The Post-war British Literature Handbook
  Edited by Katharine Cockin and Jago Morrison
  The Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook
  Edited by Robert C. Evans and Eric J. Sterling
  The Shakespeare Handbook
  Edited by Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe
  The Victorian Literature Handbook
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