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 38
... Saracen blood ? Redcross does fight a series of Saracens in Book I , but the fights remain inconclusive and the knight of holiness abandons them in order to pursue his dragon . Not until the middle of Book V does Spenser offer this ...
... Saracen blood ? Redcross does fight a series of Saracens in Book I , but the fights remain inconclusive and the knight of holiness abandons them in order to pursue his dragon . Not until the middle of Book V does Spenser offer this ...
Page 42
... Saracens have received so little commentary . But I want to suggest that if we attend to the role Spenser's Saracens play in his text , we will see a narrative complexity no less sophisticated than Tasso's representational com- plexity ...
... Saracens have received so little commentary . But I want to suggest that if we attend to the role Spenser's Saracens play in his text , we will see a narrative complexity no less sophisticated than Tasso's representational com- plexity ...
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... Saracen episodes of The Faerie Queene , and especially in the book most indebted to Bale's apocalyptic vision , the book of Holiness . The Saracens play a larger role in Book I of The Faerie Queene than they do in any other book . Three ...
... Saracen episodes of The Faerie Queene , and especially in the book most indebted to Bale's apocalyptic vision , the book of Holiness . The Saracens play a larger role in Book I of The Faerie Queene than they do in any other book . Three ...
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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