Stemming from a panel that took place at the Atlanta Sixteenth Century Studies Conference of 2005, and revised and expanded for print, the 13 papers of this collection examine the meaning and
expression of friendship to be seen in letters, writings, painting, and literature of writers and thinkers of 16th-century Europe. Among the writers and works considered are Erasmus's letters
to and from Thomas More and Pieter Giles; letters between Camilla Pisana and Tullia D'Aragona; representations of friendship and deceit in King Lear; friendship and betrayal in Mary Wroth's
Urania; and friendship and politics in William Cartwright's The lady-errant. The contributors teach English, history, comparative literature, and other subjects at universities in the US and
Europe. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
