The Spenser EncyclopediaA.C. Hamilton 'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains |
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... viii 36–44), and Diana spied on by Faunus (VII vi 45–7). (4) The daemonologically charged and liminally fixed topography: a site whose shape is, as it were, cast by a spell, such as the circle made by Fradubio's tree, or the 'fairy ring ...
... viii 36–44), and Diana spied on by Faunus (VII vi 45–7). (4) The daemonologically charged and liminally fixed topography: a site whose shape is, as it were, cast by a spell, such as the circle made by Fradubio's tree, or the 'fairy ring ...
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... viii, Arthur and Artegall rescue Samient from pagan knights, then mistakenly fight each other. Samient's name may derive from ME sam (together) because she is the occasion for the two knights' meeting and because she seeks 'finall peace ...
... viii, Arthur and Artegall rescue Samient from pagan knights, then mistakenly fight each other. Samient's name may derive from ME sam (together) because she is the occasion for the two knights' meeting and because she seeks 'finall peace ...
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... viii and ix. After Arthur overthrows her lord, the animal imagery associated with Adicia intensifies: she is likened to 'an enraged cow' and 'a mad bytch' before her metamorphosis into a tigress. She appears as a political variant of ...
... viii and ix. After Arthur overthrows her lord, the animal imagery associated with Adicia intensifies: she is likened to 'an enraged cow' and 'a mad bytch' before her metamorphosis into a tigress. She appears as a political variant of ...
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... (viii 19–22) who cures Amoret's wounds with some of the 'pretious liquour' he had presented to Redcrosse in I ix 19, where it is described as that 'liquor pure... That any wound could heale incontinent.' Arthur's intervention in previous ...
... (viii 19–22) who cures Amoret's wounds with some of the 'pretious liquour' he had presented to Redcrosse in I ix 19, where it is described as that 'liquor pure... That any wound could heale incontinent.' Arthur's intervention in previous ...
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... viii 1–2; see Guyon's *angel). Following Revelation 12.3–4, 7–9, Spenser records the prehistoric war in heaven when 'a whole legione/Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis' (III ix 2; cf viii 8 and HHL 71– 98). This vision of their ...
... viii 1–2; see Guyon's *angel). Following Revelation 12.3–4, 7–9, Spenser records the prehistoric war in heaven when 'a whole legione/Of wicked Sprights did fall from happy blis' (III ix 2; cf viii 8 and HHL 71– 98). This vision of their ...
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