In the pages of "Printed in Utopia: The Renaissance's Radicalism", Ed Simon deftly examines the bloody era of the Renaissance in all of its contradictions and moments of utopian possibility. From the dissenting religious anarchists of the 17th century, to the feminist verse of Amelia Lanyer and Richard Barnfield's poetics of gay rights, from an analysis of the rhetoric of feces in Martin Luther, to the spiritual liberation of Anna Trapnell, what is presented in "Printed in Utopia" is the radical Renaissance that is too often hidden away from the general reading public. It was an age which birthed our modern world in all of its ugliness, but which still holds the latent seeds for a new and better future world. A meticulous work of historical scholarship that is presented in a narrative style making it an ideal and thoroughly accessible introduction for the non-academic general reader while holding an immense value for the history student and academia, "Printed in Utopia: The Renaissance's Radicalism" is unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Renaissance History & Culture collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. ~ James Cox, Midwest Book Review

From rambunctious Restoration poetry to sceptical Shakespearean metaphysics, Printed in Utopia presents a unity of historical essays at once ludic and lucid. Ed Simon writes about faith with a vivacious originality, celebrating the radically eternal essence of the Renaissance. ~ Russell Bennetts, Editor and Founder of Berfrois