The Spenser Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

The poetry of Edmund Spenser is among the most wide-ranging and allusive ever written. This work offers a detailed literary guide to the life, works, and influence of one of England's greatest poets, and summarizes the scholarship in this area since the publication of the Spenser Variorum 50 years ago. Comprehensive in scope and international in coverage, this work contains over 700 alphabetical entries by 422 contributors from 20 countries. Entries fall into three categories: synoptic essays on individual poems and on the major biographical, historical and social issues, articles providing a full collection of information on a particular topic and its relation to the tradition and articles providing information relevant to the current state of Spenser studies. Throughout the work, Spenser's place in the English literary tradition is fully explored, and in particular his relationship to the minor Elizabethan poets is stressed. The volume also examines Spenser's reputation in other countries, such as France and Japan, and the effects of his influence on writers world-wide.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1991
First published:	1991
Editors:	A.C. Hamilton
Dimensions:	297 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	880
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-05637-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-415-05637-3
Barcode:	9780415056373

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