Margaret Christi Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exeges (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical ExegesisCondition: NewEAN: 9780719083846ISBN: 9780719083846Publisher: Manchester University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/28/2016Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmAuthor: Margaret ChristianLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Context for the Faerie QueeneISBN-10: 0719083842Description: Edmund Spenser famously conceded to his friend Walter Raleigh that his method in The Faerie Queene 'will seeme displeasaunt' to those who would 'rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large'. Spenser's allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis is the first book-length study to clarify Spenser's comparison by introducing readers to the biblical typologies of contemporary sermons and liturgies. The result demonstrates that 'precepts ... sermoned at large' from lecterns and pulpits were themselves often 'clowdily enwrapped in allegoricall devises'. In effect, routine churchgoing prepared Spenser's first readers to enjoy and interpret The Faerie Queene.A wealth of relevant quotations invites readers to adopt an Elizabethan mindset and encounter the poem afresh. The 'chronicle history' cantos, Florimell's adventures, the Souldan episode, Mercilla's judgment on Duessa and even the two stanzas that close the Mutabilitie fragment, all come into sharper focus when juxtaposed with contemporary religious rhetoric.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Manchester SpenserItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 494gRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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