1st Edition
Mapping The Faerie Queene Quest Structures and the World of the Poem
By Wayne Erickson
Copyright 1996
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes the Faerie Queene's setting, examining Spenser's quest structures and his ideas about epic, romance, and history. Critics almost invariably treat Spenser's Faeryland as coextensive with the world of the poem, but this is not the case; rather, Faeryland is part of an epic cosmos reaching from heaven and the abode of the classical deities to demonic underground realms. Spenser... Read more
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;
Biography
Wayne Erickson
"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
