English Renaissance Poetry Av John Williams

An essential supplement to <i>Pastoral poetry of the English Renaissance: An anthology</i>. The full-length introduction offers a historical and critical analysis of the pastoral tradition and the circulation of texts.

A new introduction and a fully updated bibliography make the second edition of this established text an indispensable resource for students and teachers of English poetry.

This book covers the development of tragedy as a dramatic genre from its earliest examples in the 1560's until the closure of the theatres in 1642.