Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene': A Reading Guide

by Andrew Zurcher

Introduces a Renaissance masterpiece to a modern audience.This Guide will help new readers to understand and enjoy The Faerie Queene, drawing attention to its various ironies, its self-reflexive construction, its visual emphasis and the timeless ethical, political, and literary questions that it asks of all of us. The book includes key selections from the poem (each accompanied by a headnote, commentary and glosses), historical and critical discussions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748639578
• ISBN13: 9780748639571
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher