Publisher's Synopsis
This volume brings together new work from contributors in England, India, and America, on the English and European Renaissance. Subjects treated include Renaissance approaches to texts and to time; the work of Spenser, Herbert, Bacon, and Milton; and most importantly, Renaissance drama - Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, and Shakespeare. Professor Datta, who now lives in Oxford, spent most of her working life in India, where she helped greatly in activating Renaissance studies and setting up lins between India and Western scholars in the field.