Mapping The Faerie Queene: Quest Structures and the World of the Poem

ISBN-13: 9780815316589 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 160 str.

Wayne Erickson;Erickson Wayne

Opis

Analyzes the setting of The Faerie Queene, examining Spenser's quest structures and his ideas about epic, romance, and history, demonstrating that Faeryland is part of an epic cosmos reaching from heaven and the abode of the classical deities to demonic underground realms, and discussing the politi

Recenzje

"Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduate collections and above."-Choice."
"This book is a valuable, insightful, and refreshing excursion into the temporal and spatial worlds of Spenser's fiction, using solid textual support to enhance a solid perceptive reading." -- Sixteenth Century Journal
"Erickson has done a real service in re-opening this line of inquiry and in proposing a new way of understanding how Spenser integrates epic and romance." -- Spenser Newsletter
"Clearly written, informative, and stimulating." -- Sidney Journal

Spis treści

Introduction Mapping Multiplicity; Chapter 1 Epic and History; Chapter 2 Epic and Romance; Chapter 3 The Epic World of the Faerie Queene; Chapter 4 Britain and the Epic Quests;

O autorze

Wayne Erickson