Fascinating ... Across a multitude of genres - romances, sermons, domestic manuals, news pamphlets, jest books, and a plethora of othersâcontributors chart the tensions between theory and practice, private reading and public performance, ephemera and established traditions. Beyond the sections on genres, there are essays for individual authors, including Gascoigne, Robert Greene, Lyly, and Thomas Nashe, as well as Sidney and Wroth ... By gathering such a distinguished and talented group, Hadfield has shown how much more we could do, as a collective field, as prose returns to the fore.
Studies in English Literature
This volume presents a landmark contribution to our understanding of early modern prose and its multitude of themes, subjects and authors ... a scholarly triumph.
Patrick J. Murray, Journal of the Northern Renaissance
This is a sturdy tome, expansive and comprehensive given the period it covers is one of no little interest. There is a 46 page bibliography as befits the width of the subject matter and a twelve page index. Without doubt an academic tome, it will sit well on any academic, public or specialist library's shelves and should be expected to meet a good cross-section of borrowers' needs.
Stuart Bentley, Reference Reviews