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Edmund Spenser's Poetry
To facilitate discussion of the place of the body and of pastoral elements in Spenser's epic, the Third Edition includes more of The Faerie Queene from Book II, canto ix (the House of Alma), and from Book VI, the remainder of canto x and all of cantos xi-xii. The Shepheardes Calender is represented by six eclogues, including the much-discussed "Februarie." Colin ...more
Paperback, 864 pages
Published
January 17th 1993
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published 1904)
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Man oh man, what a funky doos affair this is. Put a knight, a maiden, and some strange symbolic creatures together; then, smoke some sweet sweet chiba, and this is what you'd probably end up with; of course, it'd end up being all metered and epic and then you'd have to go around saying, "oh yes, I wrote that little piece--you might have read it--called the Faerie Queen!" Booyaa!
The beauty of allegorical epics! Norton edition has very useful essays, notes and critical essays.
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Not my bag, but I had to slog through this stuff three or four times and I am glad I did. About as much fun as you can have with epic poetry.
A really useful tool. The critical essays are great and include some from the very best Spenser scholars.
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I will never be finished with this one.
another classic, read it for class
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