Introduction / David Loewenstein, Janel Mueller
1. Modes and means of literary production, circulation and reception:
Literacy, society and education / Kenneth Charlton, Margaret Spufford
Manuscript transmission and circulation / Harold Love, Arthur F. Marotti
Print, literary culture and the book trade / David Scott Kastan
Literery patronage / Graham Parry
Languages of early modern literature in Britain / Paula Blank
Habits of reading and early modern literary culture / Steven N. Zwicker
2. The Tudor era from the reformation to Elizabeth I:
Literature and national identity / David Loades
Literature and the court / William A. Sessions
Literature and the church / Janel Mueller
3. The era of Elizabeth and James VI:
Literature and national identity / Claire McEachern
Literature and the court / Catherine Bates
Literature and the church / Patrick Collison
Literature and London / Lawrence Manley
Literature and the theatre / David Bevington
4. The earlier Stuart era:
Literature and national identity / Johann P. Sommerville
Literature and the court / Leah S. Marcus
Literature and the church / Debora Shuger
Literature and London / Thomas N. Corns
Literature and the theatre to 1660 / Martin Butler
Literature and the household / Barbara K. Lewalski
5. The civil war and commonwealth era:
Literature and national identity / Derek Hirst
Literature and religion / David Loewenstein, John Morrill
Literature and London / Nigel Smith
Literature and the household / Helen Wilcox
Alternative sites for literature / Joshua Scodel
From revolution to restoration in English literary culture / James Grantham Turner.