'Chloe Wheatley reconstructs and investigates the impact of the early modern boom for epitomes and abridgements on epic poems by Spenser, Cowley, and Milton. Her judicious analysis of how these writers negotiated historiographic challenges facing both them and their heroes enables us to see the works in an entirely new light.' Paulina Kewes, Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK '... Wheatley has broken new ground in demonstrating that the printed epitome in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English book and literary culture is indeed a rich field, and her study is likely to prove a springboard to significant new scholarship.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Wheatley presents an interesting overview of the epitome, a written form that in the early modern period was clearly widely practiced by writers and avidly consumed by readers, as well as insights into the works of Stow, Spenser, Cowley, and Milton.' Appositions
