Kurzbeschreibung

A Companion to Tudor Literature presents a collection of thirty-one newly commissioned essays focusing on English literature and culture from the reign of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. This text considers some of the period's most distinctive voices and works, with a major focus on the literary styles and cultural developments of the first half of the Tudor dynasty - the foundational period that preceded the golden age of Elizabethan England. Filled with fresh insight and the latest scholarship, this Companion will draw well-deserved attention to this exciting period of literary history.