In this new study, Donna B. Hamilton offers a major revisionist reading of the works of Anthony Munday, one of the most prolific authors of his time. Hamilton reinterprets Munday as a writer who began his career writing on behalf of the Catholic cause and subsequently negotiated for several decades the difficult terrain of an ever-changing Catholic-Protestant cultural, religious, and political landscape.

Donna B. Hamilton is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, USA.

Contents: Introduction; Munday's first works, 1577-80: facts, contexts and speculation; Munday and the English response to the Jesuit mission, 1581-88; The translation of Iberian chivalric romances, 1581-1619; Poet for the theater, 1590-1602; Writing for the city, 1602-33; Conclusion; Chronological bibliography of the works of Anthony Munday; Bibliographies; Index.