Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Hooker, Richard | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Shirley, F. J. Richard Hooker and Contemporary Political Ideas. London: S.P.C.K, 1949, 267 p.

Provides a history of Hooker's life, as well as an examination of his career and an assessment of his works.

Sisson, C. J. The Judicious Marriage of Mr. Hooker and the Birth of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940, 203 p.

Examines Hooker's marriage and its effect on his career.

Walton, Izaak. “The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker.” In The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, & Robert Sanderson, pp. 153-249. London: Oxford University Press, 1927.

Surveys the life and career of Richard Hooker.

CRITICISM

Almasy, Rudolph. “The Purpose of Richard Hooker's Polemic.” Journal of the History of Ideas 39, no. 2 (April-June 1978): 251-70.

Examines Hooker's...

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