Spenser's Supreme Fiction: Platonic Natural History and The Faerie Queene

Jon A. Quitslund

Published by University of Toronto Press 2001

Spenser's Supreme Fiction

Platonic Natural History and The Faerie Queene

Jon A. Quitslund

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680111

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Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy.

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Quitslund Jon A. :

Jon A. Quitslund is professor emeritus in the Department of English at George Washington University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Texts and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: The Maker’s Mind
1. The Author in 1580 and 1590 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. The World and the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3. The Poet as Magus and Viator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. Platonic Natural Philosophy in the Aeneid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
PART TWO: ‘Within this wide great Vniuerse’
5. Nature in The Faerie Queene: Concepts and Phenomena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Reading the Garden of Adonis Canto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
7. The Platonic Program of the Garden Canto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
8. The Faerie Queene in 1596 and 1609 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Index of Names and Places in The Faerie Queene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 432

eBook

Published: December 20, 2001
ISBN: 9781442680111