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Thank you for visiting. This site is dedicated to publishing essays, reviews and resources on the writers of the English Renaissance, with particular reference to the works of Shakespeare and Bacon.

Refer to the site map to find out where everything is.

If you have any queries or suggestions, or if you would like to submit a paper for publication, drop me a line.

David Hurley,
October 2007



Audio Books

Browse our complete range of English Renaissance audio books
here. Every title can be easily downloaded direct from our site, English-Renaissance.net.



Author: William Shakespeare
Narrator: Full Cast Production
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes (unabridged)
Publisher: Select Music & Distribution (Naxos)





Descartes, Bacon and Modern Philosophy
Author: Prof. Jeffrey Tlumak
Narrator: Lynn Redgrave
Length: 3 hours (unabridged)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.



English Renaissance Fun Time!

  • Test your ability to guess a word from Shakespeare before you get hanged!
  • Browse Shakespeare's sonnets via this neat Google widget.
  • Enjoy some English Renaissance wisdom in the form of random quotes from our heroes, Will Shakespeare and Franny Bacon - oh, and three of their heroes, Machiavelli (Bacon), Ovid (Shakespeare) and Seneca (both)!

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