Anthony Munday and Civic Culture

"Anthony Munday and Civic Culture is a full-scale study of a fascinating but hitherto neglected author set in the context of the city where he was born, and where he lived and worked. A reappraisal of Munday has long been overdue. He was a contemporary of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Dekker, amongst others; as a playwright, prose writer, translator, poet, pageant-maker and pamphleteer he was active in all the major literary genres of his day. This study of his diverse works throws fresh light on our understanding of this significant period, which thus far has largely been interpreted through canonical texts and authors." "The book employs an interdisciplinary methodology drawing on history, biography, literary criticism and topography, offering a broad and contextualised account of this important writer in his various milieux."--BOOK JACKET.