IN the April number of this magazine we ventured some remarks on the genius of Spenser. In the present we propose to speak of a few of his more eminent contemporaries and successors, who were rated as ...

THE term “literature of the age of Elizabeth ” is not confined to the literature produced in the reign of Elizabeth, but is a general name for an era in literature, commencing about the middle of her ...

On Wednesday evening, poets Fatimah Asghar and Danez Smith discussed their experiences expressing themselves through poetry and finding solace in each other’s work. The poets gave individual readings ...

This course will take place in person at 60 Turner Street. The room will be equipped with a HEPA air purifier. Far from being a lone genius, Shakespeare lived and wrote in an artistic and cultural ...

"The Four Foster Children of Desire" or "The Fortress of Perfect Beauty" was performed at Whitehall before Queen Elizabeth during Pentecost in May, 1581 to entertain the French commissioners who came ...

Initial work on this essay was supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Earlier versions of the essay were presented before the Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English ...