Here is a characteristic sentence from David Norbrook’s introduction to “The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse,” published in 1992: Like More, Wyatt found it impossible to find a public discourse ...

The Renaissance entered Britain tardily, and on tip-toe. When Henry VII demolished the old Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey in 1502, he replaced it with something more extravagantly gothic, with ...

The term “Renaissance” means “rebirth.” But rebirth of what? In this class, we’ll look at the new ways in which English writers began to explore familiar questions about the nature of desire, the ...

A new book by the Harvard scholar Stephen Greenblatt contends that the innovative dramatist Christopher Marlowe was the genius who inspired a cultural awakening. By Jonathan Healey Jonathan Healey is ...

Ampersand, a professional a cappella vocal ensemble, is bringing the music of the English Renaissance to Rutland. “I find the 16th century in England to be such fascinating time for music, ...

If you close your eyes and picture an artistic genius, chances are that the portrait will be framed by a Romantic ideal that took shape 200 years ago: an artist dedicated solely to his (almost always ...