Spenser Studies: A Renaissance Poetry AnnualAnne Lake Prescott, Thomas P. Roche, William A. Oram This volume looks at: the life of Virgil and the aspiration of the New Poet; the secret faith of Spenser's Saracens; despair and the proportion of the self; despair and the composition of the Self; succession anxieties and the wandering suitor in Spenser's Faerie Queene; and more. |
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Page 121
... Arthur's beloved in Book I , who pledges her love to her ideal suitor without hesitation , and will even go so far as to play Angelica to Arthur's Ri- naldo . If Arthur's dream encounter with the Faery Queen is the poet's flirtation ...
... Arthur's beloved in Book I , who pledges her love to her ideal suitor without hesitation , and will even go so far as to play Angelica to Arthur's Ri- naldo . If Arthur's dream encounter with the Faery Queen is the poet's flirtation ...
Page 124
... Arthur recalls his vision of the Faery Queen ; in Book II he asks Guyon how to find her ; Book III shows him wishing Gloriana were Florimell . The second installment continues the pat- tern : Arthur is pictured wandering in Book IV ...
... Arthur recalls his vision of the Faery Queen ; in Book II he asks Guyon how to find her ; Book III shows him wishing Gloriana were Florimell . The second installment continues the pat- tern : Arthur is pictured wandering in Book IV ...
Page 131
... Arthur describes , it is Arthur who most resembles Belphoebe , " raunging the forest wide on courser free " ( I.ix.12 ) , " for - wearied with my sports " ( 13 ) , comfortable enough in the woods to make " The verdant gras my couch ...
... Arthur describes , it is Arthur who most resembles Belphoebe , " raunging the forest wide on courser free " ( I.ix.12 ) , " for - wearied with my sports " ( 13 ) , comfortable enough in the woods to make " The verdant gras my couch ...
Contents
The Life of Virgil and the Aspiration of the New Poet | 1 |
The Secret Faith of Spensers Saracens | 37 |
Despair and the Proportion of the Self | 75 |
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