Play of Double Senses: Spenser's Faerie Queene

by A. Bartlett Giamatti

Book Overview

My hope has been to provide students (and teachers) of Spenser's epic with ways of approaching the poem. The first part of the book is concerned with contexts--the life of Spenser, some forms the epic took before (and after) his own, the pervasiveness of certain literary figures (like Chaucer) and figures from literature (like Arthur) during his time. In discussing these topics, I have also tried to place Spenser's text itself. The chapter on overall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393306313
• ISBN13: 9780393306316
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"