Renaissance Materials Primary and secondary sources in early modern English literature (More about this collection...) Parts of this collection: Texts (79 displayed) Secondary Sources (6 displayed) Word counts by language (click any bar to limit display): Places and dates in this collection:

Sir Francis Bacon. The New Atlantis. (English)

Faust Book. (English)

Richard Hakluyt. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation.
Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations comprises a startlingly thorough and vivid record of English commerce, travel, and international politics through the Sixteenth Century. Hakluyt (1552?-1616) spent years putting together a compendium of all major English journeys "made by sea or overland to the remote & farthest distant quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeares," resulting in this treasure-trove of primary sources. The Principal Navigations includes first-hand accounts of voyages to the New World, the Holy Land, Russia, Africa, and Asia; a lengthy description of the English fleet's encounter with the Spanish Armada; correspondence, patents, and passports written by English monarchs and their foreign counterparts (including the Sophy of Persia, the Emperor of Russia, and the "Great Turke"); ship manifestos; trade documents (including ordinances and instructions on how to conduct trade in foreign ports); personal letters; and much more. This is both an invaluable scholarly resource and an excellent choice for casual browsing. (English)

James I. The Political Works of James I. ed. Charles Howard McIlwain.
When King James VI of Scotland took the English throne in 1603, a range of political possibilities and challenges erupted. Facing urgent questions about a changing national identity, the role of religion in the nation-state, and the proper derivation of kingly authority, James had to negotiate between dangerous extremes. These writings lend valuable insight into English politics during the period between the height of the Renaissance and the devastating Civil Wars only forty years later. This collection of James's most important political works includes Basilikon Doron, James's letter to his son instructing him in the art of kingship, as well as a number of texts in which James vigorously asserts his views on the role of religion in the life of the nation; speeches here include James's comments on the potential unification of England and Scotland and his response to the Guy Fawkes Rebellion. Editor Charles Howard McIlwain also provides a lengthy introduction which contextualizes and summarizes many of the period's most important political debates. (English)

Aemelia Lanyer. The Description of Cooke-ham. (English)

M. Annaeus Lucanus. Pharsalia, First Book. ed. Christopher Marlowe. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Dedication to Mary Countess of Pembroke. ed. Mark Eccles. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Dedication to Mary Countess of Pembroke. (Latin)

Christopher Marlowe. Dido, Queen of Carthage. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Edward II. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Hero and Leander. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. The Jew of Malta. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. The Massacre at Paris. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. On the Death of Sir Roger Manwood. (Latin)

Christopher Marlowe. On the Death of Sir Roger Manwood. ed. Arthur F. Stocker. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, Part 1. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, Part 2. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. The Tragedie of Doctor Faustus (B text). ed. Hilary Binda. (English)

Christopher Marlowe. The Tragicall History of D. Faustus (A text). ed. Hilary Binda. (English)

P. Ovidius Naso. Amores. ed. Christopher Marlowe. (English)   (Ov. Am.)

P. Ovidius Naso. Metamorphoses. ed. Arthur Golding. (English)   (Ov. Met.)

Henry Peachum. The Garden of Eloquence (1593). (English)

Plutarch. Lives: Caius Martius Coriolanus: Julius Caesar: Marcus Brutus: Marcus Antonius: Octavius Caesar Augustus: Theseus: Alcibiades. ed. Thomas North. (English)   (Plut. Thes.)

• Plutarch, Lives
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• Plutarch, Theseus
• Plutarch, Alcibiades

William Shakespeare. All's Well That Ends Well. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. aww)

William Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. ant)

William Shakespeare. As You Like It. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. ayl)

William Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. err)

William Shakespeare. Coriolanus. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. cor)

William Shakespeare. Cymbeline. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. cym)

William Shakespeare. First Folio. ed. John Heminge, Henry Condell. (English)   (shak. wt)

William Shakespeare. Hamlet. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. ham)

William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. jc)

William Shakespeare. King Henry IV., Part I. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. 1h4)

William Shakespeare. King Henry IV., Part II. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. 2h4)

William Shakespeare. King Henry V. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. h5)

William Shakespeare. King Henry VI. Part I.. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. 1h6)

William Shakespeare. King Henry VI. Part II.. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. 2h6)

William Shakespeare. King Henry VI. Part III.. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. 3h6)

William Shakespeare. King Henry VIII.. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. h8)

William Shakespeare. King John. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. jn)

William Shakespeare. King Lear. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. lr)

William Shakespeare. A Lover's Complaint. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)

William Shakespeare. Love's Labor's Lost. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. lll)

William Shakespeare. Macbeth. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. mac)

William Shakespeare. Measure for Measure. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. mm)

William Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. mv)

William Shakespeare. The Merry Wives of Windsor. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. wiv)

William Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. mnd)

William Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. ado)

William Shakespeare. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra. ed. Horace Howard Furness. (English)   (shak. ant)

William Shakespeare. Othello. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. oth)

William Shakespeare. The Passionate Pilgrim. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. pp)

William Shakespeare. Pericles Prince of Tyre. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. per)

William Shakespeare. The Phoenix and the Turtle. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. pht)

William Shakespeare. The Rape of Lucrece. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. luc)

William Shakespeare. Richard II. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. r2)

William Shakespeare. Richard III. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. r3)

William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. rom)

William Shakespeare. Sonnets. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. son)

William Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. shr)

William Shakespeare. The Tempest. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tmp)

William Shakespeare. Timon of Athens. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tim)

William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tit)

William Shakespeare. The Tragedie of Coriolanus. ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D. (English)   (shak. cor)

William Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tro)

William Shakespeare. Twelfth Night. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tn)

William Shakespeare. Two Gentlemen of Verona. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. tgv)

William Shakespeare. Venus and Adonis. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. ven)

William Shakespeare. A Winter's Tale. ed. W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright. (English)   (shak. wt)

Sir Philip Sidney. Defence of Poesie. (English)

Thomas Wilson. Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique. ed. G. H. Mair. (English)

Clifford E. Wulfman. The Perseus Garner: An Overview. (English)

E. A. Abbott. A Shakespearean Grammar.
Though most widely known today as the author of Flatland, a Victorian social satire and introduction to higher-dimensional geometry, Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838 - 1926) was also for twenty-five years the tireless headmaster of The City of London School, where he wrote A Shakespearian Grammar to help students understand the differences between Elizabethan and modern syntax. It is still the most complete work on the subject. (English)

The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe. (English)

Alexander Dyce. A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works.
Alexander Dyce, an important Nineteenth Century scholar, collector, bibliophile, and editor of classical and Renaissance literature, compiled this comprehensive dictionary of words used in Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Entries include definitions of words, as well as examples of usage from Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers. (English)

M. W. MacCallum. Shakespeare's Roman Plays and their Background.
This is Mungo William MacCallum's landmark study of Shakespeare's Roman plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus. MacCallum (1854-1942), an eminent turn-of-the-century scholar, examines the plays, their relations to each other, and their development from classical and contemporary sources. (English)

C. T. Onions. A Shakespeare Glossary.
C. T. Onions's famous 1911 lexicon of terms used in Shakespeare's plays and poems is still an indispensable resource for readers and scholars who wish to clarify their understanding of unfamiliar words or phrases. An outgrowth of his work on the Oxford English Dictionary, this glossary includes brief definitions and examples of usage from Shakespeare, with particular attention to words that are provincial, archaic, unusually connotative, or otherwise obscure for the modern reader. (English)

Alexander Schmidt. Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary.
Alexander Schmidt's Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary is a painstakingly compiled glossary of every word in the Shakespeare corpus and an exhaustive collection of quotations. It has long been a standard reference work. (English)