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By Peggy Whitley, Becky Bradley, and Bettye Sutton, April 2005 1

Literature of the Elizabethan AgeElizabeth I Bibl iography

Adult Nonfic tion

The books listed here are a small sampling of the many books by and about literature and literary figures of the Elizabethan Age. Wehave focused on the broader view of the world of Elizabeth and the literary figures of her times. We have not included criticism ofspecific works. They will be found using the library catalog. We hope you will find them in your local library. If they are not availablelocally, try interlibrary loan.

Elizabethan Times and Literary FiguresBooks for book lovers not designed directly for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofElizabethan Literature

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationBoas, Frederick S. An Introduction to Tudor Drama

Marlowe and His Circle, a biographical surveyShakespeare and His PredecessorsQueen Elizabeth in Drama and Related StudiesUniversity Drama in the Tudor AgeWith Milton and the CavaliersSir Philip Sidney, representative Elizabethan; his

life and writings

One of the most prolific authors on the Renaissance dramaand Shakespeare, Frederick S. Boas has been considered anauthority beginning in the early 1900s. He tried to educatestudents about drama and make Shakespeare accessible toall readers. His best known book is Shakespeare and HisPredecessors, which was used as a textbook for many years.

Cohen, Walter Drama of a Nation: Public Theater inRenaissance

England and Spain

Cohen focuses on European literature and its origins. He isinterested in geographical influences which distinguishEuropean from non-European literature. He is currently amember of the faculty at Cornell.

Currie, Stephen An Actor on the Elizabethan Stage A description of the lives of the men and boys who made up


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Author Book Title Brief Annotationthe typical Elizabethan theater troupe.

Dubrow, Heather andRichardStrier

The Historical Renaissance: New Essays onTudor and

Stuart Literature and CultureShakespeare and Domestic Loss: Forms ofDeprivation, Mourning and Recuperation

Captive Victors: Shakespeares Narrative Poemsand

Sonnets

Heather Dubrow, John Bascom Professor and Tighe-EvansProfessor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison haspublished five scholarly books and numerous articles onRenaissance literature and on pedagogy. Richard Strier iscurrently a member of the faculty of the University of Chicagoand has written and edited numerous publications on literature

and how ideas from historical periods are introduced intoliterature.

Gibson, Joy Leslie Squeaking Cleopatras: the Elizabethan BoyPlayer

This intriguing and controversial book is the first to examinewomen's roles in the plays of Shakespeare and his fellowdramatists from the perspective of the boy actors who playedthese multi-faceted parts.

Hager, Alan Major Tudor Authors: a Bio-bibliographical Critical

SourcebookUnderstanding Romeo and Juliet

Useful to teachers and students, Professor Hagers books

offer explanation as well as information on where to go next.

King, John English Reformation Literature: the Tudor Originsof

the Protestant TraditionTudor Royal Iconography: Literature and Art in anAge of Religious Crisis

Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies atOhio State University. He is author and editor of many bookson Tudor and Renaissance literature.

Kinney, Arthur F. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature,

1500-1600

Comprehensive account of English renaissance literature and

the culture which shaped it. A standard text.

Lerer, Seth The Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII:Literary Culture and the Arts of Deceit

A study of the culture of spectatorship and voyeurism thatshaped early Tudor English literary life.

Lewis, C. S. Poetry and Prose in the Sixteenth Century A part of the Oxford History of English Literature series


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Author Book Title Brief AnnotationMcCoy, Richard C. The Rites of Knighthood: the Literature andPolitics of

Elizabethan Chivalry

Richard McCoy is professor of English at the Graduate Centerof the City University of New York, and at Queens College. Heteaches courses on Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, EarlyModern Literature, and Poetry and Poetics.

Nardo, Don Great Elizabethan Playwrights Discusses the origins of the English speaking theater andincludes facts about seven early playwrights

Ricks, Christopher B. English Poetry and Prose, 1540-1674 Essays on the English prose and poetry of the period. Ricksis a lover of words and a renowned author of literary criticism,publishing books ranging from Jane Austin to The State of theLanguage.

Rowse, A. L. The Elizabethan Renaissance: the CulturalAchievement

The England of Elizabeth

The author describes the age's poetry, music science,painting, theater, and more. He is an Oxford graduate andknown for his expertise as a scholar of Shakespeare.

Sullivan, Garrett A. The Drama of Landscape: Land, Property, andSocial

Relations on the Early Modern StageMemory and Forgetting in English Renaissance

Drama : Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster(Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literatureand Culture)

Influenced by Denis Cosgrove and J. B. Harley, Sullivan writesabout the ways in which ideas of landscape were used andportrayed in English drama. He discusses memory andforgetting as categories in terms of which a variety ofbehaviours - from seeking salvation to pursuing vengeance tosuccumbing to desire - are conceptualized.

Wilson, F. P. The English Drama, 1485-1585 Helen Gardner has called Wilson the most learned

Elizabethan Scholar in the world. He was very interested inusing primary documents to study history.


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SHAKESPEARE

http://www.shakespeare.com/ Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofShakespeares work. This bibliography does not include works by the author. The website will help and the librarycatalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationBarter, James A Travel Guide to Shakespeare's London Travelers wishing to visit London are provided information

about travel tips, the best inns for lodging, great food intaverns or pubs, and guided tours of London's oldest and mosthistorically significant architecture.Time: 1604

Crystal, DavidCrystal, Ben

Shakespeare's Words: a Glossaryand Language Companion

This reference work contains a Shakespearean glossary, plotsynopses of Shakespeare's plays, diagrams of the characters'relationships, a chronology of his works, a list of characters,and notes on the mythological, religious, and historical figuresappearing in the plays, days and dates mentioned, places,and languages besides English

Duffin, Ross W.Orgel, Stephen

Shakespeare's Songbook 160 songs that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to inShakespeares works. Includes lyrics, music, and explanation.This is an excellent source for Shakespeare fans.

Greenblatt, Stephen Will in the World: How Shakespeare BecameShakespeare

Readers see Shakespeare learning his craft, starting a family,and forging a career for himself in the wildly competitiveLondon theater world. Book includes CD.

Holden,Anthony

William Shakespeare: an Illustrated Biography Holden sets out all the known facts about Shakespeare's lifeand times, as well as outlining a number of theories about theplaywright's religious beliefs, extramarital affairs, and theidentity of the persons addressed in the sonnets.


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Author Book Title Brief AnnotationHyland, Peter An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems Comments on and texts of some of Shakespeare's poems.Peter Hyland relates Shakespeares poems to the tastes,values, and political pressures of his time. Excellentintroduction to non-dramatic works.

Johanyak, D. L. Shakespeare's World An excellent overview into the world that Shakespeare livesand writes in. Book includes plot synopses of the Bard's playsand poems, chronologies outlining key events ofShakespeare's time, and a geographical chart of the regionsand places referenced in the Bard's works.

Kermode, Frank The Age of Shakespeare Kermodes takes the reader on a tour of Shakespeare'sEngland and then focuses on Shakespeare himself and hiscareer.

McConnell, Louise Dictionary of Shakespeare A-to-Z guide to Shakespeare's plays, major and minorcharacters, terms (e.g., Divine Right of Kings, nemesis,spondee), and people relevant to the playwright or his work.

McMurtry, Jo Understanding Shakespeare's England: aCompanion

for the American ReaderShakespeare Films in the Classroom: a

descriptive guide

This reference gives today's American student, unfamiliar withShakespeares England. It provides information on thecultural background needed to understand the RenaissanceworldShakespeare Films.. is especially designed for high schoolsand colleges.

O'Dell, Leslie Shakespearean Language: a Guide for Actorsand

StudentsShakespearean Scholarship: a Guide for Actors

andStudents

Shakespearean Characterization: a Guide forActors and Students

The goal of this trio of books by O'Dell (theater and English,Wilfrid Laurier Univ.), the text consultant for the Stratford

Festival, is to help actors and students gain access toShakespeare's plays. Reviewers recommend them forpeople interested in better understanding Shakespeare's playsas audience member, student, or player.


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Author Book Title Brief AnnotationOlsen, Kirstin All Things Shakespeare: an Encyclopedia ofShakespeare's World

This two-volume set provides some 200 detailed entriesdescribing the physical surroundings and objects ofShakespeare's world, illuminating such items as coins,clothing, food, drink, animals, occupations, architecturalmethods, symbolism, agriculture, and rites of passage of theRenaissance

Rowse, A. L. William Shakespeare, a Biography Rowse, an Oxford graduate, was a British historian and author(b. Dec. 4, 1903, Tregonissey, Cornwall, Eng.--d. Oct. 3, 1997,St. Austell, Cornwall), was widely respected for his scholarlystudies of Elizabethan England.He was a Shakespeareanscholar who identified the Dark Lady of Shakespeare'ssonnets.

Rothwell, Kenneth S. A History of Shakespeare on Screen: a Century ofFilmand Television

Film and television presentations of Shakespeare's plays.New paperback version is updated.

Rozakis, LaurieBevington, David M.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare Explains the meanings behind Shakespeare's sonnets andplays in easy terms and includes a history of his life

Schoenbaum, S. Shakespeare's LivesShakespeare and OthersWilliam Shakespeare: a compact documentary(Everyman Library book)

Highly recommended because of the authors expertise andability to write for laymen. Biographical works. Myths andlegends he includes are well documented. Personal reviewson Amazon are 5 star.

Southworth, John Shakespeare, the Player: a Life in the Theater This text argues that in the many analyses of Shakespeare'slife, one vital factor has been overlooked; his profession as aplayer. The author asserts that Shakespeare cannot beseparated from his profession nor his works separated fromthe context and original purpose of their creation.

Wilson, Ian Shakespeare, the Evidence: Unlocking theMysteries ofthe Man and His Works

Wilson attempts to answer some of the mysteries surroundingthe life of the famous Elizabethan playwright, such asShakespeare's identity, sexuality, religious affiliations, and thecurse he set upon his own grave.

Wood, Michael In Search of Shakespeare A DVD that gives an intimate portrait of Shakespeare and hisworld.


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JOHN DONNEhttp://www.chss.montclair.edu/donne/

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofJohn Donnes work. This bibliography does not include works by the author. The website will help and the librarycatalog.

Author Book Title Brief Annotation

Bloom, Harold John Donne Critical essays on John Donne

DePasquale, Theresa Literature & the Sacrament: the Sacred and theSecular in John Donne

A discussion of Donne's poetry and religious writings

Edwards, David Lawrence John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit The author ranes across all Donne's writings including thecritically neglected sermons


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BEN JONSONhttp://www.geocities.com/benjonsonjournal/benjonsonjournal.htm

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofShakespeares work. This bibliography does not include works by the author.The website will help and the library catalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationBarish, Jonas A. Ben Jonson: a Collection of Critical Essays

Ben Jonson and the Language of Prose ComedyJonsons ValponeBen Jonsons Dramatic Prose

Jonas A. Barish, one of the world's leading scholars of

Shakespeare, English drama, Ben Jonson, died in 1998. Hewas a member of the UC Berkeley from 1951 1991. He wasa Harvard grad in English Literature and an expert onRenaissance literature, especially Jonson.

Bloom, Harold Ben Jonson A comprehensive biography of the playwright-- Detailed plotsummaries of each play-- Extracts from important critical

essays that examine important aspects of each work-- Acomplete bibliography of the writer's plays-- A list of criticalworks about the playwright and his works-- An index ofthemes and ideas covered in the plays

English InstituteKernan, Alvin B.

Two Renaissance Mythmakers, ChristopherMarlowe and Ben Jonson

Selected papers from the English Institute 1975-1976

Jonson, Ben

Harp, Richard

Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques: Authoritative

Texts of Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, TheMasque of Blackness, Mercury Vindicated fromthe Alchemists at Court, Pleasure Reconciled toVirtue: Contexts, Backgrounds and Sources,Criticism

The texts of Jonson's plays as well as criticism and

background


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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEhttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/Marlowe.html

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formalcriticisms of Shakespeares work. This bibliography does not include works by the author.The website will help and the library catalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationArcher, John Michael Sovereignty and Intelligence: Spying and Court

Culture in the English Renaissance

Reviewers say, This is a very absorbing, sometimes

astonishing, short bio of the playwright Christopher Marlowe,with a lot of detail of the time and place.

Bloom, Harold Christopher Marlowe Essays on the works of playwright, Christopher Marlowe

English InstituteKernan, Alvin B.

Two Renaissance Mythmakers, ChristopherMarlowe and Ben Jonson

Selected papers from the English Institute1975-1976

Trow, M. J.Trow, Taliesin

Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: a Contract to Murder inElizabethan England

A look at the circumstances surrounding the death of theplaywright Marlowe

SIR WALTER RALEGHhttp://www.luminarium.org/renlit/ralegh.htm

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofShakespeares work. This bibliography does not include works by the author. The website will help and the librarycatalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationEdwards, Philip Last Voyages - Cavendish, Hudson, Ralegh: the

Original NarrativesAccounts of their travels by these Elizabethan explorers andtravelers

Fecher, Constance The Last Elizabethan: a Portrait of Sir WalterRalegh

Profiles the life and achievements of Ralegh against thebackground of his age

Olson, Steven P. Sir Walter Raleigh: Explorer for the Court ofQueen Elizabeth

A biography that examines, among other things, Raleigh'srelationship with Elizabeth I

Winton, John Sir Walter Ralegh Biography of Sir Walter Ralegh


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EDMUND SPENSERhttp://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/studiescontents.htm

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofSpensers work. This bibliography does not include works by the author. The website will help and the library catalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationHadfield, Andrew The Cambridge Companion to Spenser Fourteen essays on the works of Edmund Spenser (1552?-

1599)

Oram, William A. Edmund Spenser A book in the Twayne's author series

King, Andrew The Faerie Queene and Middle English Romance:theMatter of Just Memory

Discusses this poetic work of Edmund Spenser

WOMEN WRITERShttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/1501-1600.html

Books for book lovers not designed for students writing reports. See the librarian or catalog for more formal criticisms ofthe writings 16

thcentury women writers. This bibliography does not include works by the author. The website will help

and the library catalog.

Author Book Title Brief AnnotationBell, Ilona Elizabethan Women and the Poetry of Courtship Love poetry of the 16

thcentury

Burke, Mary Women, Writing, and the Reproduction of CultureinTudor and Stuart Britain

Essays on the women writers of the time

Martin, Randall Women Writers in Renaissance England

Schleiner, Louise Tudor and Stuart Women Writers

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