
Rise of England
Shakespeare to Milton
Rise of England, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 13. Includes all required reading for Old Western Culture: Rise of England , the first unit in Early Moderns , year four of the Old Western Culture great books curriculum for high school and above.
What is in this volume
- William ShakespeareSonnets 3, 55, 60, 73, 103, 106; King Lear; Richard III; The Merchant of Venice
- John DonneA Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Holy Sonnets X and XIV; Meditation XVII
- George HerbertRedemption; The Collar; Love (III)
- Andrew MarvellTo His Coy Mistress
- John MiltonOn the Morning of Christ’s Nativity; On His Blindness; On the Late Massacre in Piedmont; Paradise Lost
Everything assigned in Early Moderns: Rise of England, with the book and line references the lectures use.
Rise of England, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 13
- Pages782
- Dimensions6 × 9 in.
- Paperback ISBN978-1-944482-47-3
- EditorsClaire Coffey and Carissa Hale
- Series editorDaniel Foucachon
- PublisherRoman Roads Press, Moscow, Idaho
Sixteen volumes, Homer to Tolkien
The Old Western Culture Reader Series puts the great books of Western civilization in beautifully typeset, single-column volumes, one for each unit of the curriculum. Each stands on its own as well.

Questions
Do I need this to take the course?
No. The course includes this Reader as an eBook in the app, and your own edition works too. We recommend reading in print; this volume has every assigned text, in the editions the lectures follow.
How do I get the eBook?
It appears in your Roman Roads app library after the order, under the same account.
Can I use it without Old Western Culture?
Yes. It is a complete volume of the great books it holds, intended for high school students, adults reading the classics later in life, and teachers.