1st Edition
Edmund Spenser Essays on Culture and Allegory
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Though his writings have long been integral to the canon of early modern English literature, it is only in very recent scholarship that Edmund Spenser has been understood as a preeminent anthropologist whose work develops a complex theory of cultural change. The contributors to this volume approach Spenser’s work from that new perspective, rethinking his contribution as a theorist of culture in... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Spenser and the theory of culture, Matthew Greenfield; Part I: Allegories of Cultural Development: Ruins and visions: Spenser, pictures, Rome, Leonard Barkan; Spenser’s currencies, Donald Cheney; On the Renaissance Epic: Spenser and slavery, Maureen Quilligan; Part II: Allegories of Cultural Exchange: Translated states: Spenser and linguistic colonialism, Richard A. McCabe; Colonials write the nation: Spenser, Milton and England on the margins, Linda Gregerson; The social and political thought of Spenser in his maturity, Nicholas Canny; Part III: The Functions of Allegory: ’Worke fit for an Herauld’: Spenser in the 90s, Paul Alpers; ’The enfolding dragon’: Arthur and the moral economy of The Faerie Queene, Susanne L. Wofford; The postures of allegory, Kenneth Gross; Afterword: A view of the present state of Spenser studies: dialogue-wise, Andrew Hadfield and Willy Maley; Index.
Biography
Jennifer Klein Morrison, Matthew Greenfield
'...a valuable window into current trends in Spenser studies.' The Spenser Review 'The essays collected here are consistently of a high standard: sophisticated in argument, eclectic in coverage of texts, sources, and genre, and yet cohesive in terms of overall methodology. This volume represents the very best of contemporary scholarship in this field and outlines new directions for successive critical work.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'An exciting collection of essays...' Year's Work in English Studies
