Literature and Censorship in Renaissance England

by Andrew Hadfield

Book Overview

Censorship is one of the key controversies debated by Renaissance historians and literary critics. Commentators are divided on a number of questions. Was there once a concerted plan to censor all material hostile to the status quo? Or did authorities only intervene in periods of acute crisis? Did they actually read the material referred to them? This is the first collection that brings together the key figures in the field and includes essays by Richard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333794109
• ISBN13: 9780333794104
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"