Renaissance Materials Primary and secondary sources in early modern English literature (More about this collection...) Parts of this collection: Texts (80 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) (search this work)

Faust Book. (English) (search this work)

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) (search this work)

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) (search this work)

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

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

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

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

Christopher Marlowe. Dido, Queen of Carthage. (English) (search this work)

Christopher Marlowe. Edward II. (English) (search this work)

Christopher Marlowe. Hero and Leander. (English) (search this work)

Christopher Marlowe. The Jew of Malta. (English) (search this work)

Christopher Marlowe. The Massacre at Paris. (English) (search this work)

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

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

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

Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, Part 1. (English) (search this work)

Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, Part 2. (English) (search this work)

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

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

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

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

Henry Peachum. The Garden of Eloquence (1593): Dedication. (English) (search this work)

Henry Peachum. The Garden of Eloquence (1593): Schemas. (English) (search this work)

Henry Peachum. The Garden of Eloquence (1593): Tropes. (English) (search this work)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sir Philip Sidney. Defence of Poesie. (English) (search this work)

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

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

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) (search this work)

The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe. (English) (search this work)

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) (search this work)

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) (search this work)

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) (search this work)

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) (search this work)