The Faerie queene
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The Faerie queene
（Open guides to literature）
Open University Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-133) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Concentrating on the first three books of Spenser's allegorical poem, Roberts selects certain episodes from the poem, opening up their techniques and possible meanings, and examining the patterns of narrative and the recurrent key images. He raises significant critical issues and gives students access to ideas, themes and discussions that Spenser knew (or could have known, so providing the necessary historical and intellectual background.
Table of Contents
- Beginnings
- reading and allegory
- misreading
- structure and narrative in Book 1
- temperate reading
- reading for pleasure
- romance
- "endless worke"
- suggestions for further reading.
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