Through detailed readings of six canonical Renaissance works, this book shows the unique ability of literary criticism to describe class.

Poetics and poetic strategies -- Divorce -- Free will -- Tyranny and kingship -- Free states -- Imagining creation -- The lover, the poem, and the critics

This book is a history of love and the challenge love offers to the laws and customs of its times and places, as told through poetry from the Song of Songs to J

A landmark collection of early English books, with many gorgeous illustrations

Crime has been present in all cultures and societies, since the beginning of time. This work focuses on the punishments common in England around the time of Sha