This edited collection of essays, part of The Manchester Spenser series, brings together leading Spenser and Donne scholars to challenge the traditionally dicho

First published in 1971. This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history. Co

First published in 1971. This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period of cultural history. Co

William Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece and John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are read against the background of concepts of the soul during the early modern peri