-all figured as causes or effects of the new influence.

The most important prose works are Sir Thomas Malory's _Morte
d'Arthur_, a masterly retelling of the Arthurian legends; Sir Thomas
More's _Utopia_, a magnificent Renaissance dream of a new social
world; and Tyndale's translation of the _Bible_. The best poetry was
written in Scotland, and this verse anticipates in some measure that
love of nature which is a dominant characteristic of the last part of
the eighteenth century. The age is noted for its ballads, which aided
in developing among high and low a liking for poetry. At the close of
the period, we find Italian influences at work, as may be seen in the
verse of Wyatt and Surrey.

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY

HISTORICAL

An account of the history of this period may be found in either
Gardiner,[10] Green, Lingard, Walker, or Cheney. Vols. IV. and V. of
_The Political History of England_, edited by Hunt (Longmans), gives
the history in greater detail. For the social side, consult Traill's
_Social England_, Vols. II. and III., also Cheney's _Industrial and
Social History of England_, Field's _Introduction to the Study of the
Renaissance_, Einstein's _The Italian Renaissance in England_,
Symonds's _A Short History of the Renaissance_.

LITERARY

_The Cambridge History of English Literature_, Vol. II.

Snell's _The Age of Transition_, 1400-1580.

Morley's _English Literature_, Vols. VI. and VII.

Minto's _Characteristics of English Poets_, pp. 69-130.

Saintsbury's _Short History of English Literature_, pp. 157-218.

_Dictionary of National Biography_, articles on _Malory, Caxton,
Henryson, Gawain Douglas, Dunbar, Tyndale, Wyatt_, and _Surrey_.

Veitch's _The Feeling for Nature in Scottish Poetry_.

Percy's _Reliques of Ancient English Poetry_.

Gummere's _Old English Ballads_.

Child's _The English and Scotch Popular Ballads_.

Collins's _Greek Influence on English Poetry_.

Tucker's _The Foreign Debt of English Literature_.

SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

Malory.--Craik,[11] _Century_, 19-33; Swiggett's _Selections from
Malory_; Wragg's _Selections from Malory_,--all contain good
selections. The Globe Edition is an inexpensive single volume
containing the complete text. The best edition is a reproduction of
the original in three volumes with introductions by Oscar Sommer and
Andrew Lang (London: David Nutt). Howard Pyle has retold Malory's best
stories in simple form (S