General

Mack, Peter, A History of Renaissance Rhetoric, 1380-1620Link opens in a new window (Oxford, 2015)

Richardson, Brian, 'Prose', in The Cambridge History of Italian LiteratureLink opens in a new window, ed. Peter Brand and Lino Pertile (Cambridge, 1996)

Autobiographies and Biographies

Farr, James R., and Guido Ruggiero, eds, Historicizing Life-Writing and Egodocuments in Early Modern EuropeLink opens in a new window (Cham, 2022)

Dialogues

Cox, Virginia, The Renaissance Dialogue: Literary Dialogue in its Social and Political Contexts, Castiglione to GalileoLink opens in a new window (Cambridge,1992)

Vallee, Jean-Francois, and Dorothea Heitsch, eds, Printed Voices: The Renaissance Culture of DialogueLink opens in a new window (Toronto, 2004)

Diplomatic Documents

Adams, Robyn, and Rosanna Cox, eds, Diplomacy and Early Modern CultureLink opens in a new window (Basingstoke, 2010)

Fairy Tales

Zipes, Jack, 'The Origins of the Fairy Tale in Italy: Straparola and Basile' in Jack Zipes, Fairy Tales and the Art of SubversionLink opens in a new window, 2nd. ed. with a new introduction by the author (London, 2012)

Letters

Findlen, Paula, and Suzanne Sutherland, eds, The Renaissance of Letters: Knowledge and Community in Italy, 1300-1650Link opens in a new window (London, 2020)

Najemy, John M., 'Renaissance Epistolarity', in John M. Najemy, Between Friends: Discourses of Power and Desire in the Machiavelli-Vettori Letters of 1513-1515Link opens in a new window (Princeton, NJ, 1993), pp. 18–57.

Ray, Meredith K, Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian RenaissanceLink opens in a new window (Toronto, 2009)

Novelle

Allaire, Gloria, 'Introduction' in The Italian NovellaLink opens in a new window, ed. Gloria Allaire (London, 2003), pp. 1-13.

Plays

Andrews, Richard, Scripts and Scenarios: The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance ItalyLink opens in a new window (Cambridge, 1993)

Andrews, Richard, 'Theatre', in The Cambridge History of Italian LiteratureLink opens in a new window, ed. Peter Brand and Lino Pertile (Cambridge, 1996)

Beecher, Donald , 'Introduction: ‘Erudite’ Comedy in Renaissance Italy', in Renaissance Comedy: The Italian MastersLink opens in a new window, ed. Donald Beecher, 2 vols (Toronto, 2008-09), I, pp. 3-35.

Beecher, Donald , 'Introduction: From Italy to England: The Sources, Conventions, and Influence of ‘Erudite’ Comedy', in Renaissance Comedy: The Italian MastersLink opens in a new window, ed. Donald Beecher, 2 vols (Toronto, 2008-09), II, pp. 3-20.

Poetry

Cavallo, Jo Ann, The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty to Private PleasureLink opens in a new window (Toronto, 2004)

Oldcorn, Anthony, 'Lyric Poetry', in The Cambridge History of Italian LiteratureLink opens in a new window, ed. Peter Brand and Lino Pertile (Cambridge, 1996)

Travel Writing

Hadfield, Andrew, Literature, Travel, and Colonial Writing in the English Renaissance, 1545-1625Link opens in a new window (Oxford, 1998)