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Worldmaking Spenser : explorations in the early Modern Age /

Worldmaking Spenser reexamines the role of Spenser's work in English history and highlights the richness and complexity of his understanding of place. The volume centers on the idea that complex and allusive literary works such as The Faerie Queene must be read in the context of the cultural, l...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Cheney, Patrick, 1949-, Silberman, Lauren
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2000]
Collection:Studies in the English Renaissance.
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Résumé:Worldmaking Spenser reexamines the role of Spenser's work in English history and highlights the richness and complexity of his understanding of place. The volume centers on the idea that complex and allusive literary works such as The Faerie Queene must be read in the context of the cultural, literary, political, economic, and ideological forces at play in the highly allegorical poem. The authors define Spenser as the maker of poetic worlds, of the Elizabethan world, and of the modern world. The essays look at Spenser from three distinct vantage points. The contributors explore his literary.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (297 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813161563
0813161568