{"product_id":"edmund-spenser-in-context-paperback-9781107476578","title":"Edmund Spenser in Context (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107476578","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEdmund Spenser in Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive guide to the literary, religious and political contexts that shape Edmund Spenser's poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Escobedo (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107476578, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e404 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEdmund Spenser's poetry remains an indispensable touchstone of English literary history. Yet for modern readers his deliberate use of archaic language and his allegorical mode of writing can become barriers to understanding his poetry. This volume of thirty-seven essays, written by distinguished scholars, offers a rich introduction to the literary, political and religious contexts that shaped Spenser's poetry, including the environment in which he lived, the genres he drew upon, and the influences that helped to fashion his art. The collection reveals the multiple personae that Spenser constructs within his work: to read Spenser is to read a rich archive of literary forms, and this volume provides the contexts in which to do so. A reading list at the end of the volume will prove invaluable to further study.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Andrew Escobedo\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Spenser's Environment: 1. Pedagogy, education, and early career Andrew Wallace\u003cbr\u003e 2. Laureate career-fashioning William A. Oram\u003cbr\u003e 3. Patrons Richard McCabe\u003cbr\u003e 4. Church controversy Gregory Kneidel\u003cbr\u003e 5. Figures of Elizabeth Anna Riehl Bertolet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Publication and the book marketplace Andrew Zurcher\u003cbr\u003e 7. Colonialism and the New World Brian Lockey\u003cbr\u003e 8. Colonialism and Irish plantation Thomas Herron\u003cbr\u003e 9. Spenser's Irish circle Willy Maley\u003cbr\u003e 10. Land, boundaries, and borders Philip Schwyzer\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Genre and Craft: 11. Epic David Quint\u003cbr\u003e 12. Pastoral Katherine Little\u003cbr\u003e 13. Romance Clare Kinney\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Bible and biblical hermeneutics Jamie Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e 15. Allegory: theory and practice Judith H. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Complaint and satire William Kerwinl\u003cbr\u003e 17. Renaissance literary theory Gordon Teskey\u003cbr\u003e 18. Renaissance rhetorical theory Michael Hetherington\u003cbr\u003e 19. Poetry and the Commonwealth Cathy Shrank\u003cbr\u003e 20. Poetical history John E. Curran, Jr\u003cbr\u003e 21. Premodern literary character Andrew Escobedo\u003cbr\u003e 22. Prosody Paul J. Hecht\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Influences and Analogues: 23. Virgil David Scott Wilson-Okamura\u003cbr\u003e 24. Ovid Syrithe Pugh\u003cbr\u003e 25. Petrarch Patrick Cheney\u003cbr\u003e 26. Chaucer Craig A. Berry\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Sidney circle Mary Ellen Lamb\u003cbr\u003e 28. Spenser's French connection Anne Lake Prescott\u003cbr\u003e 29. Plato and Platonism William Junker\u003cbr\u003e 30. Aristotle and the virtues Joe Moshenska\u003cbr\u003e 31. Protestant theology and devotion Beth Quitslund\u003cbr\u003e 32. Emblem and iconography Sarah Howe\u003cbr\u003e 33. Saints, legends, and calendars Susannah Brietz Monta\u003cbr\u003e 34. Cosmology and cosmography Ayesha Ramachandran\u003cbr\u003e 35. Early modern ecology Julian Yates\u003cbr\u003e 36. Sex and eroticism in the Renaissance Melissa E. Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e 37. Gender in the 1590 Faerie Queene Kimberly Anne Coles\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary reference works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary reference works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20reference%20works%20%5BDSR%5D%22\"\u003eDSR\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry by individual poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry by individual poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20by%20individual%20poets%20%5BDCF%5D%22\"\u003eDCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005685387544,"sku":"9781107476578","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107476578i.jpg?v=1696754617","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/edmund-spenser-in-context-paperback-9781107476578","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}