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Could You Pass Shreds' Phd Comprehensive Exams?

A list of the texts I had to know for my PhD comprehensive exams. (I got to pick them, with the guidance of my supervisor; the department changed the process a few years later so it was more standardized.) I specialized in Renaissance literature with subconcentrations in Shakespeare and general western drama.
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The Schoolmaster (Ascham)
The Schoolmaster
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Ascham
The History of the Reign of King Henry VII (Francis Bacon)
The History of the Reign of King Henry VII
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Francis Bacon
The Essays of Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon)
The Essays of Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
The Life of Cardinal Wolsey (George Cavendish)
The Life of Cardinal Wolsey
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George Cavendish
King John (Bale)
King John
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Bale
The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont)
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
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Francis Beaumont
The Maid's Tragedy (Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher)
The Maid's Tragedy
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Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher
The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary)
The Tragedy of Mariam
8
Elizabeth Cary
The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II (Elizabeth Cary)
The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II
9
Elizabeth Cary
The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey (George Cavendish)
The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
10
George Cavendish
The Civil Wars Between the Houses of Lancaster and York (Samuel Daniel)
The Civil Wars Between the Houses of Lancaster and York
11
Samuel Daniel
The Shoemaker's Holiday (Thomas Dekker)
The Shoemaker's Holiday
12
Thomas Dekker
The Barons' Wars (Michael Drayton)
The Barons' Wars
13
Michael Drayton
Songs and Sonnets (John Donne)
Songs and Sonnets
14
John Donne
John Donne Selected Poems (John Donne)
John Donne Selected Poems
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John Donne
Holy Sonnets (John Donne)
Holy Sonnets
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John Donne
Elizabeth I: Collected Works (Elizabeth I)
Elizabeth I: Collected Works
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Elizabeth I
The Boke Named the Governour (Elyot)
The Boke Named the Governour
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Elyot
Perkin Warbeck (John Ford)
Perkin Warbeck
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John Ford
Playes Confuted in Five Actions (Stephen Gosson)
Playes Confuted in Five Actions
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Stephen Gosson
The Temple (George Herbert)
The Temple
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George Herbert
A Woman Killed With Kindness (Thomas Heywood)
A Woman Killed With Kindness
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Thomas Heywood
An Apology for Actors (Thomas Heywood)
An Apology for Actors
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Thomas Heywood
The True Law of Free Monarchies (James VI and I)
The True Law of Free Monarchies
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James VI and I
Endymion (John Lyly)
Endymion
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John Lyly
Ben Jonson - Volpone
Ben Jonson - Volpone
26
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
27
Ben Jonson
Bartholomew Fair (Ben Jonson)
Bartholomew Fair
28
Ben Jonson
The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
The Spanish Tragedy
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Thomas Kyd
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
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Christopher Marlowe
Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)
Edward II
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Christopher Marlowe
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
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John Milton
Tamburlaine (Christopher Marlowe)
Tamburlaine
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Christopher Marlowe
Andrew Marvell – an Horatian Ode / Upon Appleton House
Andrew Marvell – an Horatian Ode / Upon Appleton House
34
The Roaring Girl (Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker)
The Roaring Girl
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Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
Lycidas (John Milton)
Lycidas
36
John Milton
Samson Agonistes (John Milton)
Samson Agonistes
37
John Milton
Areopagitica (John Milton)
Areopagitica
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John Milton
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
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Thomas More
The History of King Richard III (Sir Thomas More)
The History of King Richard III
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Sir Thomas More
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