Spenser studies - A Renaissance Poetry Annual XV

Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. Physical descriptionv. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: 1-Imprint varies: [Pittsburgh, Pa.] University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980- ; New York, AMS Press, 1984- v4- published: New York: AMS Press, 1984-, Volume dates on spine differ from date of publication. Contents: Rural dialectic - pastoral, Georgic, and "The Shepheardes Calender", Bruce Thornton; the numerological patterning of "Amoretti and Epithalamion", Shohachi Fukuda; Spenser's mythic adaptations in "Muiopotmos", James H. Morey; the ground of storie genealogy in "The Faerie Queene", Margaret Christian; the two deaths of Mary Stuart - historical allegory in Spenser's book of Justice, Donald V. Stump; hostile audiences and the courteous reader in "The Faerie Queene", Book VI, Debra Belt; my sheep are thoughts - self-reflexive pastoral in "The Faerie Queene", Book VI and the "New Arcadia", Margaret P. Hannay; Spenser and the judgment of Paris, Stanley Stewart; rereading Mirabella, Anne Shaver; Spenser and Ireland - a select bibliography, Willy Maley; plus, "Forum" (A, Kent Kieatt - Arthur's deliverance of Rome), and "Gleanings" (Ruth S. Luborsky on the illustrations to "The Shepheardes Calender - II; Alex A. Vardamis on the "The Temptations of Despaire - Jeffers and "The Fairie Queene"). Summary: "A Renaissance poetry annual."This annual publication offers a variety of approaches to historical criticism in Spenser studies. In particular, Richard Mallette draws together a summary of Protestant preaching techniques in assessing how they may have influenced Spenser's argumentation and dramatic structuring. Subjects: Spenser, Edmund 1552?-1599 - Societies, periodicals, etc, Periodicals, - Pe?riodiques, Criticism and interpretation - Periodicals. Périodiques, Spenser, Edmund - Periodicals. English poetry - Periodicals, English Poetry - 16th century - Periodicals, Poetry - 16th century - Periodicals, 18.05 English literature, Poetry in English - Spenser, Edmund. 1 Kg.