Edmund Spenser's poetry : authoritative texts, criticism /
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599,
Edmund Spenser's poetry : authoritative texts, criticism / selected and edited by Andrew D. Hadfield, University of Sussex, Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College, Emerita, Columbia University. - Fourth edition. - xiv, 881 pages ; 24 cm. - Norton critical edition .
New to this edition's collection of primary texts are Mother Hubberds tale from the 1591 Complaints, The ruines of Rome, and Spenser's translation of Joachim Du Bellay's Antiquitez. Also new are sixteen additions to the critical material, including commentaries by C.S. Lewis, Martha Craig, Gordon Teskey, Jeff Dolven, David Wilson-Okamura, and Jennifer Summit.
Includes bibliographical references.
This new edition addresses the shifts in scholarly and critical interests in Spenser studies since 1993 as well as access provided by new technology. Notes reflect the information that Spenser's best readers would have at their fingertips without spoiling the pleasure of reading Spenser for the first time. Mother Hubberds Tale from the 1591 Complaints is newly included. The Ruines of Rome, Spenser's translation of Joachim Du Bellay's Antiquitez, is also added to give readers the chance to see Spenser at work as a translator and to give the English perspective on Rome. Sixteen critical essays have been added to supplement fourteen earlier commentaries. Among the perspectives new to the Fourth Edition are those of C.S Lewis, Martha Craig, Gordon Teskey, Jeff Dolven, David Wilson-Okamura, and Jennifer Summit. In keeping with the last edition, critical pieces on the House of Busyrane, Spenser's pastoral, Muiopotmos, and Amoretti are grouped together to facilitate classroom discussion. New selections from Jane Grogan, Andrew D. Hadfield, Colin Burrow, Lynn Staley, Lauren Silberman, and A.E.B. Coldiron join the readings on House of Busyrane, and "Amoretti" grows with selections by A. Leigh DeNeef and Helena Mennie Shire."--Publisher website.
9780393927856 (pbk.) 0393927857 (pbk.)
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 --Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, English--History and criticism.
--Reading book
821.3 / SPE
Edmund Spenser's poetry : authoritative texts, criticism / selected and edited by Andrew D. Hadfield, University of Sussex, Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College, Emerita, Columbia University. - Fourth edition. - xiv, 881 pages ; 24 cm. - Norton critical edition .
New to this edition's collection of primary texts are Mother Hubberds tale from the 1591 Complaints, The ruines of Rome, and Spenser's translation of Joachim Du Bellay's Antiquitez. Also new are sixteen additions to the critical material, including commentaries by C.S. Lewis, Martha Craig, Gordon Teskey, Jeff Dolven, David Wilson-Okamura, and Jennifer Summit.
Includes bibliographical references.
This new edition addresses the shifts in scholarly and critical interests in Spenser studies since 1993 as well as access provided by new technology. Notes reflect the information that Spenser's best readers would have at their fingertips without spoiling the pleasure of reading Spenser for the first time. Mother Hubberds Tale from the 1591 Complaints is newly included. The Ruines of Rome, Spenser's translation of Joachim Du Bellay's Antiquitez, is also added to give readers the chance to see Spenser at work as a translator and to give the English perspective on Rome. Sixteen critical essays have been added to supplement fourteen earlier commentaries. Among the perspectives new to the Fourth Edition are those of C.S Lewis, Martha Craig, Gordon Teskey, Jeff Dolven, David Wilson-Okamura, and Jennifer Summit. In keeping with the last edition, critical pieces on the House of Busyrane, Spenser's pastoral, Muiopotmos, and Amoretti are grouped together to facilitate classroom discussion. New selections from Jane Grogan, Andrew D. Hadfield, Colin Burrow, Lynn Staley, Lauren Silberman, and A.E.B. Coldiron join the readings on House of Busyrane, and "Amoretti" grows with selections by A. Leigh DeNeef and Helena Mennie Shire."--Publisher website.
9780393927856 (pbk.) 0393927857 (pbk.)
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 --Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, English--History and criticism.
--Reading book
821.3 / SPE