1 Contexts：History,Polics,Culture 1
Historical Introduction 1
The Book Trade 14
Catholicism 17
Chain of Being 20
The City 25
Cosmos（1）：The Old Cosmology（geocentric） 27
Cosmos（2）：The New Cosmology（heliocentric） 32
The Court 34
The Courtier 40
Economy and Society 44
The Elements 48
English Reformation 50
Golden Age 55
Humanism 58
Humours 63
Magic（Alchemy,Astrology,Witchcraft） 66
Manuscripts 74
Medicine（Medical Profession,The Mind,Women） 77
Patronage 80
Platonism 83
Printing 87
Protestant Theology 92
Race and Strangers 95
Science,Knowledge and Philosophy 99
The Self 103
Sex and Sexuality 106
Stoicism 110
Travel and Colonialism 112
Women 118
2 Texts：Themes,Issues,Concepts 124
Introduction 124
Actors and Acting 131
The Bible 133
Conceit 136
Decorum 139
Epic 142
Genre 145
History and the Nation 149
Imitation 152
Logic 156
Lyric 159
Masque 165
Metaphysical Poetry 168
Metre 172
Mimesis 178
Non-Fictional Prose 182
Pastoral 189
Prose Style 194
Rhetoric 200
The Sonnet 204
Theatres 208
Theory of Poetry 214
3 Criticism：Approaches,Theory,Practice 218
Introduction 218
Cultural Materialism 223
Ecocriticism 230
Feminism 233
Language Criticism：Practical Criticism,stylistics,Rhetoric 238
New Historicism 244
Textualism 249
Chronology 258
Bibliography 270
Index 278