Ten new essays written by prominent scholars including Frank Kermode, Edward W. Tayler, and Marc Berley address the attack on literature by various schools of critical theory. Requiring what Edward W. Tayler calls "literary tact," the willingness to allow poets their own ideas, contributors assert that the reading of Renaissance literature can best be understood by returning continually to their ideas, idioms, and intentions and by focusing on the authors rather than on contemporary theories or schools of thought. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
