Spenser's Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth

Robin Headlam Wells (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-63531-6 (ISBN)

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First published in 1983, Spenser’s Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth presents The Faerie Queene as a central document in the cult of Elizabeth. It shows how Spenser combines the resources of medieval iconography and Renaissance rhetoric in celebrating the Queen as the predestined ruler of an elect nation. In its introductory discussion of Renaissance poetics, the book emphasises the contemporary belief in the moral function of praise. Particular attention is given to the popular identification of Elizabeth with the Virgin Mary. If Elizabeth’s gender created problems for a poet writing in the heroic mode, at the same time it made available to him a form of praise that no secular poet had been able to use before. While the book contains material of interest to the Renaissance specialist, its lucid style and the valuable background material it provides will appeal to undergraduates reading Spenser for the first time.

Preface List of Abbreviations To Sound Her Praises: Introduction 1. Prince of Peace from Heaven Blest 2. Sweet Sister Temperance 3. A Second Eve 4. Queen of Love 5. Astraea Redux 6. Pattern of Princely Courtesy 7. Semper Eadem: a Legend of Constancy Appendix List of Works Cited Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-63531-2 / 1032635312
ISBN-13	978-1-032-63531-6 / 9781032635316
Zustand	Neuware