This unconventional anthology introduces the reader to the background of Renaissance England and adds a fresh dimension to the period dominated by the genius of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. It offers such diverse and illuminating documents as an account of supposed witchcraft, a dialogue with Lady Jane Grey in the Tower of London, a hilarious report on a royal reception for the King of Denmark, and the curriculum for a grammar school in 1544. the literature of the age is represented by Thomas More, Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Thomas Campian, John Donne, and many other familiar writers, though largely with their less familiar work. Also included is a little-known dramatic scene attributed to Shakespeare and a selection from the charming court entertainments of Jonson.
This unconventional anthology introduces the reader to the background of Renaissance England and adds a fresh dimension to the period dominated by the genius of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. It offers such diverse and illuminating documents as an account of supposed witchcraft, a dialogue with Lady Jane Grey in the Tower of London, a hilarious report on a royal reception for the King of Denmark, and the curriculum for a grammar school in 1544. the literature of the age is represented by Thomas More, Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Thomas Campian, John Donne, and many other familiar writers, though largely with their less familiar work. Also included is a little-known dramatic scene attributed to Shakespeare and a selection from the charming court entertainments of Jonson.