| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 278 pages) ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Introduction / Andrew Hadfield -- Spenser's life and career / Richard Rambuss -- Historical contexts / David J. Baker -- Ireland / Richard A. Mccabe -- Spenser's pastorals / Patrick Cheney -- The Faerie Queene, Books I-III / Susanne L. Wofford -- The Faerie Queene, Books IV-VII / Andrew Hadfield -- Spenser's shorter poems / Anne Lake Prescott -- Spenser's languages / Willy Maley -- Sexual politics / Linda Gregerson -- Spenser's religion / John N. King -- Spenser and classical traditions / Colin Burrow -- Spenser and contemporary vernacular poetry / Roland Greene -- Spenser's influence / Paul Alpers |
| Summary |
Provides an accessible and rigorous introduction to Spenser. Fourteen specially-commissioned essays provide all the essential information required to appreciate and understand Spenser's rewarding and challenging work. The Companion guides the reader through Spenser's poetry and prose, and provides extensive commentary on his life, the historical and religious context in which he wrote, his wide reading in Classical, European and English poetry, his sexual politics and use of language. A chronology and further reading lists make this volume indispensable for any student of Spenser |
| Analysis |
PR English literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Literature Online, viewed Sep. 10, 2012) |
| Subject |
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. fast (OCoLC)fst00027779 |
| Subject |
English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hadfield, Andrew
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| LC no. |
00065084 |
| ISBN |
0511999178 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511999178 (electronic bk.) |
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