Edmund Spenser in Context by Andrew Escobedo

Edmund Spenser in Context by Andrew Escobedo

Edmund Spenser's poetry remains an indispensable touchstone of English literary history. Yet for modern readers his deliberate use of archaic language and his allegorical mode of writing can become barriers to understanding his poetry. This volume of thirty-seven essays, written by distinguished scholars, offers a rich introduction to the literary, political and religious contexts that shaped Spenser's poetry, including the environment in which he lived, the genres he drew upon, and the influences that helped to fashion his art. The collection reveals the multiple personae that Spenser constructs within his work: to read Spenser is to read a rich archive of literary forms, and this volume provides the contexts in which to do so. A reading list at the end of the volume will prove invaluable to further study.

Andrew Escobedo has been Co-Editor of the journal Spenser Studies since 2010, and he is author of Volition's Face: Personification and the Will in Renaissance Literature (2017). His work has been recognized by several national awards and distinctions, and his research won the support of a residential fellowship at the National Humanities Center in 2009–10.

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ISBN 13	9781107476578
ISBN 10	1107476577
Title	Edmund Spenser in Context
Author	Andrew Escobedo
Series	Literature In Context
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2019-02-21
Number of pages	404
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