Oxford English Literary History: Volume 2: 1350-1547: Reform and Cultural Revolution - Simpson, James (, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, Cambridge University)

Breaks the mould of traditional approaches to the canon. This book covers both high medieval and Tudor writing, showing how the coming of the Renaissance and Reformation displaced the earlier, hospitably diverse literary culture. It continues into the mid-sixteenth century, and registers the impact of Henry VIII's cultural revolution.