The Spenser EncyclopediaA.C. Hamilton 'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains |
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... gives his narrative a dual focus, so that they assume equal weight. The last-minute union between Placidas and Poeana introduces a relationship which may be identified as concord rather than as love or friendship, and thus assimilates ...
... gives his narrative a dual focus, so that they assume equal weight. The last-minute union between Placidas and Poeana introduces a relationship which may be identified as concord rather than as love or friendship, and thus assimilates ...
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... gives pleasure is the opportunity of playing with the terms of the comparison, and not the prospect of discarding the narrative once we have laid bare its hidden kernel of truth. While the object of chess is to checkmate the opponent's ...
... gives pleasure is the opportunity of playing with the terms of the comparison, and not the prospect of discarding the narrative once we have laid bare its hidden kernel of truth. While the object of chess is to checkmate the opponent's ...
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... gives the impression that the truth remains incomplete: the full significance of any part cannot be known without understanding the whole, which in turn is unknowable without knowing the parts. This dilemma, known to modern critics as ...
... gives the impression that the truth remains incomplete: the full significance of any part cannot be known without understanding the whole, which in turn is unknowable without knowing the parts. This dilemma, known to modern critics as ...
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... gives the interlocutors names that suggest contemporary churchmen; and by exploiting the gospel metaphor of shepherd, he is able to address such questions as Elizabeth's suspension of her independently minded Archbishop of Canterbury ...
... gives the interlocutors names that suggest contemporary churchmen; and by exploiting the gospel metaphor of shepherd, he is able to address such questions as Elizabeth's suspension of her independently minded Archbishop of Canterbury ...
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... give the couple a pagan funeral (see *hair), and Guyon vows vengeance. According to the otherwise erroneous synopsis in ... gives Ruddymane to the Palmer and takes up Mortdant's bloody armor; they leave for the castle of Medina. In part ...
... give the couple a pagan funeral (see *hair), and Guyon vows vengeance. According to the otherwise erroneous synopsis in ... gives Ruddymane to the Palmer and takes up Mortdant's bloody armor; they leave for the castle of Medina. In part ...
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