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From its opening scenes--in which the hero refrains from fighting a
duel, then discovers that his horse has been stolen--Book Two of
The Faerie Queene redefines the nature of heroism and of chivalry.
Its hero is Sir Guyon, the knight of Temperance, whose challenges
frequently take the form of temptations. Accompanied by a holy
Palmer in place of a squire, Guyon struggles to subdue himself as
well as his enemies. His adventures lead up to a climactic
encounter with the arch-temptress Acrasia in her Bower of Bliss,
which provides the occasion for some of Spenser's most sensuous
verse. With its mixture of chivalric romance, history, and moral
allegory, Book Two succeeds in presenting an exuberant exploration
of the virtue of self-restraint.
Originally published in 1907, this book contains the text of Edmund
Spenser's philosophical 'Fowre Hymnes'. Winstanley's introduction
and notes detail the heavy influence of Platonic philosophy on
Spenser's writings, particularly the role and function of the
various kinds of love. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in Spenser's works and in Elizabethan poetry.
Originally published in 1919, this book contains three stories
taken from Spenser's The Faerie Queene: the story of the Knight of
the Red Cross or of Holiness, the story of Sir Guyon or of
Temperance, and the story of Britomart. Minna Steele Smith supplies
an introduction with background on Spenser's life, the stories in
his unfinished epic and his use of allegory. All the stories are
written in readable, modern English. This book will be of value to
anyone with an interest in early modern poetry.
Originally published in 1915 as part of the Pitt Press Series, and
reprinted many times thereafter, this book contains the text of the
first book of Spenser's Faerie Queene. Winstanley prefaces the text
with an introduction on the medieval, classical and renaissance
sources for the poem, as well as the book's historical allegory.
This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in this
important English poem.
Originally published in 1923 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts
series, this volume contains the complete text of Spenser's major
early work The Shepheardes Calender. A short editorial introduction
is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in Spenser and English Renaissance literature.
These paired Arthurian legends suggest that erotic desire and the
desire for companionship undergird national politics. The maiden
Britomart, Queen Elizabeth's fictional ancestor, dons armor to
search for a man whom she has seen in a crystal ball. While on this
quest, she seeks to understand how one can be chaste while pursuing
a sexual goal, in love with a man while passionately attached to a
woman, a warrior princess yet a wife. As Spenser's most sensitively
developed character, Britomart is capable of heroic deeds but also
of teenage self-pity. Her experience is anatomized in the stories
of other characters, where versions of love and friendship include
physical gratification, torture, mutual aid, competition, spiritual
ecstasy, self-sacrifice, genial teasing, jealousy, abduction, wise
government, sedition, and the valiant defense of a pig shed.
Born in London in 1552, Edmund Spenser was educated at Cambridge
University, but lived most of his life in Ireland. As a poet, he
enjoyed much fame during his lifetime. This collection represents
not only The Faerie Queene, but his love sonnets, wedding sonnets,
and pastoral eclogues.
Book Six and the incomplete Book Seven of The Faerie Queene are the
last sections of the unfinished poem to have been published. They
show Spenser inflecting his narrative with an ever more personal
note, and becoming an ever more desperate and anxious author,
worried that things were falling apart as Queen Elizabeth failed in
health and the Irish crisis became ever more terrifying. The moral
confusion and uncertainty that Calidore, the Knight of Courtesy,
has to confront are symptomatic of the lack of control that Spenser
saw everywhere around him. Yet, within such a troubling and
disturbing work there are moments of great beauty and harmony, such
as the famous dance of the Graces that Colin Clout, the rustic
alter ego of the poet himself, conjures up with his pipe. Book
Seven, the Two Cantos of Mutabilitie, is among the finest of
Spenser's poetic works, in which he explains the mythical origins
of his world, as the gods debate on the hill opposite his Irish
house. Whether order or chaos triumphs in the end has been the
subject of most subsequent critical debate.
From its opening scenes--in which the hero refrains from fighting a
duel, then discovers that his horse has been stolen--Book Two of
The Faerie Queene redefines the nature of heroism and of chivalry.
Its hero is Sir Guyon, the knight of Temperance, whose challenges
frequently take the form of temptations. Accompanied by a holy
Palmer in place of a squire, Guyon struggles to subdue himself as
well as his enemies. His adventures lead up to a climactic
encounter with the arch-temptress Acrasia in her Bower of Bliss,
which provides the occasion for some of Spenser's most sensuous
verse. With its mixture of chivalric romance, history, and moral
allegory, Book Two succeeds in presenting an exuberant exploration
of the virtue of self-restraint.
Despite all of his acknowledged greatness, almost no one read
Edmund Spenser (1552-99) any more. Roy Maynard takes the first book
of 'The Faerie Queene, ' exploring the concept of Holiness with the
character of the Redcross Knight, and makes Spenser accessible
again. He does this not by dumbing it down, but by deftly
modernizing the spelling, explaining the obscurities in clever
asides, and cuing the reader towards the right response. (from Gene
Veith)
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The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Originally published between 1932 and 1945, the eleven-volume
"Works of Edmund Spenser" collects "The Faerie Queene" along with
Spenser's minor poems, prose works, and Alexander C. Judson's "The
Life of Edmund Spenser."
Originally published between 1932 and 1945, the eleven-volume
"Works of Edmund Spenser" collects "The Faerie Queene" along with
Spenser's minor poems, prose works, and Alexander C. Judson's "The
Life of Edmund Spenser."
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