English Renaissance

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The Faerie Queene (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
1.  The Faerie Queene (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Edmund Spenser
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  "One of the greatest poems in English. Spenser the man is not always easy to like, but his genius speaks for itself."
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Donne : Complete English Poems (Everyman Library)
2.  Donne : Complete English Poems (Everyman Library) by John Donne
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  "Is he Jack Donne, Doctor Donne, or both at once? Don't expect to find anyone else in his poetry."
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The Life of Thomas More
3.  The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd
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  "No other biography seems to bring such a complex man to life."
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The Plays (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
4.  The Plays (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Christopher Marlowe
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  "Infinite riches in a little room. Is he tragic or comic?"
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Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare
5.  Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt
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  "Showing the Nietzschean violence at the heart of the English Renaissance, this book opens a window into man's soul."
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The Riverside Milton
6.  The Riverside Milton by Roy C. Flannagan
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  "The best version of Milton, with the best notes. Milton needs no introduction."
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The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
7.  The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by John Webster
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  "Still an underrated playwright, especially in a culture that has forgotten death."
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The Complete Poems (Classics)
8.  The Complete Poems (Classics) by Ben Jonson
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  "The highly-polished poetry of one of Englands most hardworking writers."
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John Donne: Life, Mind and Art
9.  John Donne: Life, Mind and Art by John Carey
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  "Not for those sympathetic to Donne, but painfully accurate criticism."
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A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
10.  A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) by Michael Hattaway
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  "Not the kind of book you'd read on the bus, but a massively useful reference for anyone interested in the English Renaissance."
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