Medieval into Renaissance

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Each of these essays, in and of itself, well worth reading: the collection confirms the importance and influence of Helen Cooper's lifetime of scholarship and the intellectual legacy that is her students. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL * Every chapter builds on or imitates-in the Renaissance sense of that word-some aspect of Cooper's research. And happily, this volume achieves a satisfying conceptual unity: this edited volume succeeds in becoming a book . In each chapter, smart, sophisticated readings and interpretations are very much on display . this volume demonstrates that at least in certain cases a collection of essays can actually make an argument more effectively than a single-authored book. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY * All essays are of exceptional quality, making this collection a fine and hugely deserved tribute to an outstanding scholar. * ARCHIV * [A] lovely thank-you note to Professor Helen Cooper from her former research students ... this collection encourages the reader to defy the cliche of period labels and generic assumptions by using the irresistible weight of textual evidence. * MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING * This handsome volume honors a preeminent scholar on romance as well as one who has done much in her scholarship to explore the continuities and connections between the medieval and Renaissance periods in a variety of genres, including drama and pastoral . Beyond her evident influence on the contributors, at the end of the book Professor Cooper's impact is reflected in a noteworthy tabula gratulatoria. Medieval into Renaissance is a welcome tribute for her as well as a valuable contribution to the study of medieval and early modern literature, particularly as regards questions of periodization. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *