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Extensive volumes provide new perspectives and positions on contexts and on canonical and postcanonical texts, orientating the beginning student in new fields of study and providing the experienced undergraduate and new graduate with current and new directions, as pioneered and developed by leading scholars in the field.  \nPublished  \nA Companion to Romanticism  \nA Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture A Companion to Shakespeare  \nA Companion to the Gothic A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare A Companion to Chaucer  \nA Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake A Companion to English Renaissance  \nLiterature and Culture A Companion to Milton  \nA Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature  \nA Companion to Restoration Drama A Companion to Early Modern Women’s Writing A Companion to English Renaissance Drama A Companion to Victorian Poetry  \nA Companion to the Victorian Novel  \nEdited by Duncan Wu Edited by Herbert F. Tucker Edited by David Scott Kastan Edited by David Punter Edited by Dympna Callaghan Edited by Peter Brown Edited by David Womersley Edited by Michael Hattaway  \nEdited by Thomas N. Corns Edited by Neil Roberts  \nEdited by Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Trebarne  \nEdited by Susan J. Owen Edited by Anita Pacheco Edited by Arthur F. Kinney  \nEdited by Richard Cronin, Anthony Harrison and Alison Chapman Edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William Thesing  \nForthcoming  \nA Companion to Shakespeare’s Work,  \nVolume I: The Tragedies A Companion to Shakespeare’s Work,  \nVolume II: The Histories A Companion to Shakespeare’s Work,  \nVolume III: The Comedies A Companion to Shakespeare’s Work,  \nVolume IV: The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays  \nEdited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard  \nEdited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard  \nEdited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard  \nEdited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard  \na companion to  \nENGLISH RENAISSANCE  \nLITERATURE AND CULTURE  \nEDITED BY MICHAEL HATTAWAY  \n© 2000, 2003 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd a Blackwell Publishing company  \nexcept for editorial material and organization © 2000, 2003 by Michael Hattaway  \n350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5018, USA  \n108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK  \n550 Swanston Street, Carlton South, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia Kurfürstendamm 57, 10707 Berlin, Germany  \nThe right of Michael Hattaway to be identified as the Author of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.  \nFirst published 2000  \nFirst published in paperback 2003  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA companion to English renaissance literature and culture / edited by Michael Hattaway.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).–(Blackwell companions to literature and culture)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-631-21668-5 (hbk. : alk. paper)– ISBN 1-4051-0626-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)  \n1. English literature – Early modern, 1500–1700 – History and criticism – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. England – Civilization – 16th century –  \nHandbooks, manuals, etc. 3. England – Civilization – 17th century – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Renaissance – England – Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title: English renaissance literature and culture. II. Hattaway, Michael. III. 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