early modern, 1500-1700

Profiles nineteen English poets from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

A biography of William Shakespeare that addresses the mysteries around what we don't know about his life.

Bill Bryson investigates the slim facts known about the life of William Shakespeare, looks at some of the more unusual speculations about the great playwright and poet, and surveys the theories of people who have sought to debunk Shakespeare's authorship.

Presents a representative selection of poems by Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets, including Thomas Carew, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace, and others; and features criticism written from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.

Presents a selection of poetry and expository prose from the Elizabethan age, ranging from the writings of fifteenth-century poet John Skelton, to the literature of the early 1600s; and includes brief author profiles, a general bibliography, and chronological tables.

Examines the life and beliefs of William Shakespeare, presenting evidence to support the author's argument that the playwright was a member of the Catholic faith, and looking at how the religion informed his writing.