The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 - 736 pages |
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Page xliii
... Prince Arthur has seen in a vision Gloriana , the Faerie Queene , and , ravished by her beauty , resolves to seek her out in faery land ; the adventures that befall him on the way are to form the main plot , and to serve as connecting ...
... Prince Arthur has seen in a vision Gloriana , the Faerie Queene , and , ravished by her beauty , resolves to seek her out in faery land ; the adventures that befall him on the way are to form the main plot , and to serve as connecting ...
Page xliv
... Prince Arthur comes to his rescue , and together they enter the House of Alma . Here Guyon receives a fuller teaching than the merely intellectual guidance of Medina . For Alma is the human soul in perfect command over the body . The ...
... Prince Arthur comes to his rescue , and together they enter the House of Alma . Here Guyon receives a fuller teaching than the merely intellectual guidance of Medina . For Alma is the human soul in perfect command over the body . The ...
Page xlv
... Prince Arthur plays a well defined and significant rĂ´le.1 But in the second of them we see signs of a different handling , not only in the more intimate human psychology , but also in the introduction of characters , like Braggadocchio ...
... Prince Arthur plays a well defined and significant rĂ´le.1 But in the second of them we see signs of a different handling , not only in the more intimate human psychology , but also in the introduction of characters , like Braggadocchio ...
Page xlviii
... Prince Arthur , though Britomart , as Artegall's lover , and the central figure of Books III - V , still plays a prominent part . But the peculiar nature of the theme seemed to demand a special treatment ; and the allegory , which is to ...
... Prince Arthur , though Britomart , as Artegall's lover , and the central figure of Books III - V , still plays a prominent part . But the peculiar nature of the theme seemed to demand a special treatment ; and the allegory , which is to ...
Page xlix
... Prince Arthur performs his part in the book by his subjection of Turpine and the defeat of Disdain and Scorn , the sworn allies of the Blatant Beast ; and other characters are introduced , in the manner of the third and fourth books ...
... Prince Arthur performs his part in the book by his subjection of Turpine and the defeat of Disdain and Scorn , the sworn allies of the Blatant Beast ; and other characters are introduced , in the manner of the third and fourth books ...
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