Explores the poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne in the early 17th. The book offers more than

The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose makes available not only extensive selections from the works of canonical writers, but also substa

Reading Sixteenth-Century Poetry combines close readings of individual poems with a critical consideration of the historical context in which they were written.