Poetry of the Faerie Queene

Hardback

Main Details

Title Poetry of the Faerie Queene
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul J. Alpers
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:426
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780691649597
ClassificationsDewey:821.3
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Professor Alpers argues that Spenser's purpose in The Faerie Queene was not to create a fictional world or to imitate action, but to create and manipulate the reader's response. Individual episodes in the poem are considered by the author as developing psychological experience within the reader rather than as actions to be observed. Part I is an ex