The Yearbook of English Studies for 2014 is devoted to Caroline literature, a period of English writing (1625-49) falling between the Jacobean period and the Interregnum. The volume, edited by Rory Loughnane, Andrew J. Power and Peter Sillitoe, includes fourteen invited essays from established and emerging scholars of the period, with each contributor discussing a particular aspect of Caroline literary activity. Despite the wealth of writing produced in this period, Caroline literature has not been as widely studied as the acknowledged 'golden age' that preceded it. Indeed, until recently,...