Edmund Spenser
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| Original Title: | The Faerie Queene |
| ISBN: | 0140422072 (ISBN13: 9780140422078) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140422078,00.html?The_Faerie_Queene_Edmund_Spenser# |
| Series: | The Faerie Queene Books |
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The Faerie Queene was the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the language for later poets from Milton to Tennyson. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. The poem recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.Composed as an overt moral and political allegory, The Faerie Queene, with its dramatic episodes of chivalry, pageantry and courtly love, is also a supreme work of atmosphere, colour and sensuous description.
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| Title | : | The Faerie Queene (The Faerie Queene Books) |
| Author | : | Edmund Spenser |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1248 pages |
| Published | : | June 29th 1978 by Penguin Classics (first published 1590) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Fantasy. Fiction. Literature |
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http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2029672.html[return][return][return]This is one of the curiosities of the English language, a long poem written in its own peculiar verse structure in which archetypal figures based on myths of many different origins contend for mastery of spoils, women and virtue in a fantasy landscape which resembles the north of County Cork. Some of the allegory is pretty straightforward, as when Prince Arthur springs to the defence of the cruelly oppressed lady Belge; otherI have to admit I liked reading this. Prior to taking this class I never was really thrilled with Spenser's poetry, I have read a few of his sonnets before. This epic just seemed too long to be enjoyable. There is a bias toward his beliefs in the piece, Spenser had Puritan leanings, which made me shake my head a few times. Since Spenser is said to be the poet who the other English poets copy I was happy to have a reason to read the piece. Will I ever read it again? Probably not.
As Galadriel said in Return of the King, some things which shouldn't have been forgotten were lost. Spenser is one of those things. One of the great tragedies in Western pedagogy has been this ignorance of Spenser. He tells a beautiful story using the vehicle of hypnotic poetry. And there is sex. Lots of it. But even the sexual themes have pedagogical ends. Britomart is not merely chaste. She is told to vigorously pursue chastity. This does not mean merely to avoid all types of sexual
This has been my baby for the last two years. The only time I've really, badly procrastinated for two years on something I need to get done. Like the guilty, feel-yucky procrastination. Somehow the first two books didn't click. Each canto took forever to finish, and there are twelve cantos per book, and 6 books for the whole Faerie Queene, so...you get the idea.I took it to election working. I tried reading it on the computer. None of the methods stuck for long, but I still had fun along the
Wow. This book was one of the hardest and most rewarding reads I've ever completed. Half of me is relieved that I actually finished it, and the other half is sad that it is truly over. The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser is an epic poem that few are familiar with. A tale that combines the storyline of King Arthur with the narrative allegories which rival works like Pilgrim's Progress. The narrative shifts from dozens of characters throughout this book, but always focuses on knights, damsels in
I first really read this poem in graduate school with a teacher so superb he made Spenser, Milton, Donne, Herbert, and Marvell exciting. They are still among my favorite poets.Faerie Queene is Spenser's richly imaginative 16th-century epic poem depicting the education/spiritual growth of the Redcrosse Knight. In Spenser's epic being able to distinguish between good and evil, true and false becomes imperative, but difficult in a landscape that is deceptive and illusory.Spenser's landscapes
Alright. So sometimes you read books merely in order to feel good about yourself. I'm a sinner. Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, deemed one of the most difficult books int he English language, I read as a challenge to myself, which also included David foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and Joyce's Ulysses. I read them all and am proud of it. So The Faerie Queen is epic poetry. It celebrates Queen Gloriana (one of the many dubs of Elizabeth I). I won't go into "plot" details in this review. I'll
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