The Spenser EncyclopediaA.C. Hamilton 'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains |
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... beginning of the poem, he is a ruthless schemer who seeks advancement 'Abroad where change is' (101); later, he is the perfect model of the false courtier, skilled in 'thriftles games' and 'costly riotize' (794–810), as Simier was ...
... beginning of the poem, he is a ruthless schemer who seeks advancement 'Abroad where change is' (101); later, he is the perfect model of the false courtier, skilled in 'thriftles games' and 'costly riotize' (794–810), as Simier was ...
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... beginning to end. In complex allegories, notably those of Dante and Spenser, we seem to be directed, through the process of interpretation, toward a point where all mystery is dispelled in the presence of truth. But what we encounter ...
... beginning to end. In complex allegories, notably those of Dante and Spenser, we seem to be directed, through the process of interpretation, toward a point where all mystery is dispelled in the presence of truth. But what we encounter ...
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... beginning. In the Letter to Raleigh, Spenser calls attention to the way Gloriana and Belphoebe are used to celebrate the Queen; Una, Britomart, and Mercilla also partake of such celebratory aims. Each book of the poem except the sixth ...
... beginning. In the Letter to Raleigh, Spenser calls attention to the way Gloriana and Belphoebe are used to celebrate the Queen; Una, Britomart, and Mercilla also partake of such celebratory aims. Each book of the poem except the sixth ...
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... beginning with her 'robe of lilly white' and ending with her head crowned with roses, suggests that virginity (the lily; cf Una in I xii 22 and Belphoebe in II iii 26) can develop its potential for both human and divine love (the rose ...
... beginning with her 'robe of lilly white' and ending with her head crowned with roses, suggests that virginity (the lily; cf Una in I xii 22 and Belphoebe in II iii 26) can develop its potential for both human and divine love (the rose ...
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... beginning to end' of The Faerie Queene, Bryant nonetheless proclaimed it the repository of a poetic language so perfect that it remained unparalleled (Bryant ed 1884, 1:152). His comments were part of a series of four lectures on ...
... beginning to end' of The Faerie Queene, Bryant nonetheless proclaimed it the repository of a poetic language so perfect that it remained unparalleled (Bryant ed 1884, 1:152). His comments were part of a series of four lectures on ...
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