Spenser's Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth

by Robin Headlam Wells

First published in 1983, Spenser's Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth presents The Faerie Queene as a central document in the cult of Elizabeth. It shows how Spenser combines the resources of medieval iconography and Renaissance rhetoric in celebrating the Queen as the predestined ruler of an elect nation. In its introductory discussion of Renaissance poetics, the book emphasises the contemporary belief in the moral function...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032635290
• ISBN13: 9781032635293
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages