Here is a characteristic sentence from David Norbrook’s introduction to “The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse,” published in 1992: Like More, Wyatt found it impossible to find a public discourse ...

On Saturday night, the voice of tenor Aaron Sheehan and instrumentation by lutenist Paul O’Dette filled Northwestern’s Galvin Recital Hall. Playing English Renaissance lutenist and composer John ...

The Romans introduced gardens to England but its popularity grew following the Dark Ages. The Romans were the first to introduce gardens to England but its popularity began to rise when Anglo-Saxon ...

“The Tudors” shows how the English Renaissance was the work of wily leaders and enterprising foreigners. No dynasty has better captured the modern imagination. By Jason Farago The Tudors: Art and ...

The English poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the same year as his frenemy William Shakespeare. Yet unless you majored in English in college, it is quite possible you never ...

CAPE MAY -- Dr. Bert Greenspan, emeritus professor of music from Rowan University, will discusses the English court and its 16th century music at Access to Art’s Renaissance Redux, 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 (SEL) focuses on four fields of British Literature which rotate quarterly as follows: ...

The term “Renaissance” means “rebirth.” But rebirth of what? In this class, we’ll look at the new ways in which English writers began to explore familiar questions about the nature of desire, the ...

New Literary History (NLH) focuses on theory and interpretation – the reasons for literary change, the definitions of periods, and the evolution of styles, conventions, and genres. Throughout its ...