Utopia, Carnival, and Commonwealth in Renaissance England makes a novel case for the social and cultural significance of Renaissance utopian writing, and of the modern utopia in general.

Christopher Kendrick is an associate professor in the Department of English at Loyola University Chicago.

'Christopher Kendrick's series of scrupulously well-informed readings constitutes one of the most important contributions to literary criticism, literary history, and critical theory that I have read in a number of years; it is surely the most important contribution to the theory of utopia since the landmark work of Louis Marin and Fredric Jameson. Kendrick is one of those unfortunately rare critics who combine the most sophisticated theoretical rigor with the most minute and thorough scholarship. This brilliant work is indispensable.'

Joseph Loewenstein, Department of English, Washington University in St Louis:

'Christopher Kendrick's series of scrupulously well-informed readings constitutes one of the most important contributions to literary criticism, literary history, and critical theory that I have read in a number of years; it is surely the most important contribution to the theory of utopia since the landmark work of Louis Marin and Fredric Jameson. Kendrick is one of those unfortunately rare critics who combine the most sophisticated theoretical rigor with the most minute and thorough scholarship. This brilliant work is indispensable.'