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The article reviews the book "Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections: Literature, Culture, and Food Among the Early Moderns," by Robert Appelbaum.

The article reviews the book "Stage, Stake, and Scaffold: Humans and Animals in Shakespeare's Theatre" by Andreas Höfele.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Inviting a Friend to Supper," by Ben Jonson. It examines the poem as a rewriting of a series of poems by the Latin poet Martial. The author analyzes the work in light of the tradition of epigrams and the practice of imitating classical literature. The themes of the poem, which include festivity, extravagance, and classical attitudes, are also addressed.

The article reviews several books related to early modern English drama including, "Green Shakespeare: From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism," by Gabriel Egan, "Shakespeare's Late Style," by Russ McDonald, and "Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy," by Park Honan.

Books reviewed: David Loewenstein Representing Revolution in Milton and His Contemporaries: Religion, Politics, and Polemics in Radical Puritanism. Gary M. Bouchard Colin's Campus:Cambridge Life and the English Eclogue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article critiques the poem "Elegia Prima," by John Milton, particularly focusing on how he eschews the use of pastoralism in the poem. It addresses the kinds of pastoral conventions prominent in the fourteenth century, the problem with viewing "Elegy One" as pastoral, and the adoption of the tone and gestures of pastoral satire in the poem.

Books reviewed: Albert C., Labriola and Michael, Lieb Kaleidoscopic Milton: A review of Milton Studies 38. John Milton: The Writer in His Works . Thomas K., Hubbard The Pipes of Pan: Intertextuality and Literary Filiation in the Pastoral Tradition from Theocritus to Milton . Borgogni, Daniele “Pondering Oft”: Lettura argomentativa del “Paradise Regained” di John Milton . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "What Else Is Pastoral? Renaissance Literature and the Environment" by Ken Hiltner.

Reviews the book "Renaissance Beasts: Of Animals, Humans, and Other Wonderful Creature," edited by Erica Fudge.

Reviews the book "Milton and the Grounds of Contention," edited by Mark R. Kelley, Michael Lieb, and John T. Shawcross.

Reviews the book "The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts," edited by M. Lindsay Kaplan.

Reviews the book "Shifting Contexts: Reinterpreting Samson Agonistes," by Joseph A. Wittreich.

Reviews the book "Before Pornography: Erotic Writing in Early Modern England," by Ian Frederick Moulton.

Reviews the book `Imagining Rabelais in Renaissance England,' by Anne Lake Prescott.

Reviews the book `Jonson's Spenser: Evidence and Historical Criticism,' by James Riddell and Stanley Stewart.

Reviews the book `The Forms of Things Unknown: Renaissance Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream,' by Mark Stavig.