Series Editors: Don Beecher and Katherine Acheson
Greene in Conceit by John Dickenson. Ed. Donald Beecher and David Margolies.
An archetypal tale of marriage and intrigue useful for exploring the position of women in late-sixteenth century England.
Lantern and Candlelight by Thomas Dekker. Ed. Viviana Comensoli.
One of the most popular rogue books (or "coney-catching pamphlets"), by one of Shakespeare's most talented and prolific contemporaries.
A Margarite of America by Thomas Lodge. Ed. Henry Janzen. Intro. Don Beecher.
A "horror romance" partially written aboard the Cavendish expedition. Readers will enjoy the challenge of classifying Lodge's innovative genre and tracing the scope of his reading.
The Most Pleasant History of Ornatus and Artesia by Emanuel Ford. Ed. Goran Stanivukovic.
A charming Elizabethan romance, perfect for illustrating the conventions of the genre. A study in erotic desire and cross-genderal disguise.
Characters, a Jacobean Miscellany by Sir Thomas Overbury (and others). Ed. Don Beecher.
Eighty-three character sketches in the Theophrastan tradition. Candidates for authorship include Donne, Ford, Webster and Dekker.
The Moral Philosophy of Doni (The Fables of Bidpai) by Sir Thomas North.Ed. Don Beecher, John Butler, Carmine Di Biase.
Forty beast fables translated from the Italian; they were at one time as well known as Aesop. With 52 woodcuts from the original, and 60+ illustrations from other early editions..
Gwydonius Or The Card of Fancy by Robert Greene. Ed. Carmine Di Biase.
The story deals with warlike old rulers and their wayward children who risk love across the battlelines in the best romance tradition.
Clidamus, Or The Sicilian Tale. Ed. Henry Janzen.
In the tradition of ancient Greek romance, with touches of Sidney's Arcadia, this book is a tale of love and adventure that moves throughout the Mediterranean world.
The Two Lovers: The Goodly History of Lady Lucrece and Her Lover Eurialus by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II). Ed. Emily O'Brien and Ken R. Bartlett.
This tale of adulterous love, passion, and painful consequences, links the novella tradition with humanist learning.
Theophania. Ed. Renée Pigeon.
A Romance from the time of the Civil War. It is a roman à clef in the style of Sidney with complex layers of narrative, pertaining to figures on both sides of the war.
Critical Approaches to English Prose Fiction 1520-1640. Ed. Don Beecher.
Sixteen essays deal with marketing fiction, characterization, pastoral and utopian modes, travel literature, euphuism, Italian models, and other topics.
The Two Lancashire Lovers, or, The Excellent History of Philocles and Doriclea by Richard Braithwaite. Ed. Henry Janzen.
The author's only prose romance— a tale of amorous misadventures set in Lancashire.
Rosalind by Thomas Lodge. Ed. Don Beecher.
This well-known pastoral romance is one of the gems of Elizabethan literature with its delicate characterizations, 21 poetic interludes, conversational style, cross-dressing, and pastoral conventions.
A Gathering of Griseldas. Ed. Faith Gildenhuys.
Contains three English versions of the Patient Griselda story inaugurated by Boccaccio and Petrarch: Phillip's play (ca.1560), an anonymous broadside, and an early 17th c. prose version.
Menaphon by Robert Greene . Ed. Brenda Cantar.
A lyrical romance, in a modified euphuistic style and an abundance of lyrics. Threats of violence and incest cloud this "problem romance."
The Dialogue of Solomon and Marcolphus. Ed. Don Beecher.
An enduringly popular Latin jestbook, with roots in the 11th to 14th centuries, which launched Marcolphus lore throughout Europe for five centuries.
The Man in the Moon by Bishop Francis Godwin. Ed. John Butler.
A "horror romance" partially written aboard the Cavendish expedition. Readers will enjoy the challenge of classifying Lodge's innovative genre and tracing the scope of his reading.
The Bachelor's Banquet. Ed. Faith Gildenhuys .
Fifteen fabliaux about the tribulations of marriage. Middle-class Elizabethan milieu. The ruses of women to trick their husbands and to keep them in subjection; a classic in the controversy over women.
His Farewell to Military Profession by Barnabe Riche. Ed. Don Beecher.
Eight well-constructed novelle, published in 1581. The source of nine plays, including Twelfth Night.
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