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1 online resource |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- To Sound Her Praises: Introduction -- 1. Prince of Peace from Heaven Blest -- 2. Sweet Sister Temperance -- 3. A Second Eve -- 4. Queen of Love -- 5. Astraea Redux -- 6. Pattern of Princely Courtesy -- 7. Semper Eadem: A Legend of Constancy -- Appendix: Polydore Vergil and English Historiography -- List of Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1983, Spenser's Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth presents The Faerie Queene as a central document in the cult of Elizabeth. It shows how Spenser combines the resources of medieval iconography and Renaissance rhetoric in celebrating the Queen as the predestined ruler of an elect nation. In its introductory discussion of Renaissance poetics, the book emphasises the contemporary belief in the moral function of praise. Particular attention is given to the popular identification of Elizabeth with the Virgin Mary. If Elizabeth's gender created problems for a poet writing in the heroic mode, at the same time it made available to him a form of praise that no secular poet had been able to use before. While the book contains material of interest to the Renaissance specialist, its lucid style and the valuable background material it provides will appeal to undergraduates reading Spenser for the first time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Robin Headlam Wells |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 09, 2023) |
| Subject |
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- In literature
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| SUBJECT |
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. fast (OCoLC)fst00039609 |
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Faerie queene (Spenser, Edmund) fast (OCoLC)fst01356045 |
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Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism
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Typology (Theology) in literature.
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Queens in literature.
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Rhetoric.
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Typology [Theology] in literature
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rhetoric (discipline)
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General
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Epic poetry, English.
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Literature.
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Literature and history.
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Queens in literature.
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Rhetoric.
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Typology (Theology) in literature.
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England.
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003835844 |
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1003835848 |
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9781032635323 |
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1032635320 |
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9781003835813 |
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1003835813 |
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