UID:
almafu_9960119433902883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 190 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
0-511-62037-3
Content:
The Faerie Queene is the first great epic poem in the English language. It is a long and complex allegory, which presents the first-time reader with many difficulties of allusion and interpretation. This book is the only convenient and up-to-date guide to Spenser's poem, and is designed as a handbook to be consulted by students while reading the poem. Each chapter is devoted to a separate book of the poem, and sub-sections treat particular episodes or sequences of episodes in detail. Dr Heale considers fully the religious and political context, and pays due attention to the variety of Spenser's literary techniques. She encourages close reading of the poem and a lively awareness of both its rich detail and the intricate interrelation of its episodes. This revised edition takes account of recent developments in Spenserian criticism, and brings the guidance on further reading up to date.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Book 1. Introduction. Una and Duessa. Redcrosse: cantos i-v. The Orgoglio and Despair episodes. The House of Holiness and the battle with the dragon -- 2. Book 2. Introduction. Guyon and the Palmer. Righteous anger: cantos i-iii. The irascible and concupiscible brothers: Pyrochles and Cymochles. Phaedria and Mammon. The House of Alma. The Bower of Bliss -- 3. Book 3. Introduction. Britomart's narrative. The Florimell and Marinell narratives. Belphoebe: cantos v-vi. Amoret and the Garden of Adonis. Malbecco: cantos ix-x. Amoret and Busirane's House -- 4. Book 4. Introduction. The causes of discord. Cambel and Triamond. Satyrane's tournament and its sequel. Lust's victims. Scudamour's story. The marriage of Medway and Thames -- 5. Book 5. Introduction. Artegall. 'Equal balance': cantos i-iv. Radigund. The Temple of Isis. Force and guile: Dolon, the Souldan and Malengin. Mercilla. Elizabeth's justice abroad: Belge, Bourbon and Grantorto -- 6. Book 6. Introduction. Justice and courtesy: cantos i-ii. Calepine and Turpine. The Blatant Beast. Mirabella. Calidore and the shepherds. The capture of the Blatant Beast -- 7. The Mutabilitie Cantos. Introduction. Versions of the Fall: canto vi. Nature's court of law: canto vii.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-65468-8
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511620379
