Spenserian Satire by Rachel Hile

Spenserian Satire by Rachel Hile

Scholars of Edmund Spenser have focused much more on his accomplishments in epic and pastoral than his work in satire. Scholars of early modern English satire almost never discuss Spenser. However, these critical gaps stem from later developments in the canon rather than any insignificance in Spenser's accomplishments and influence on satiric poetry. This book argues that the indirect form of satire developed by Spenser served during and after Spenser's lifetime as an important model for other poets who wished to convey satirical messages with some degree of safety. The book connects key Spenserian texts in The Shepheardes Calender and the Complaints volume with poems by a range of authors in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, including Joseph Hall, Thomas Nashe, Tailboys Dymoke, Thomas Middleton and George Wither, to advance the thesis that Spenser was seen by his contemporaries as highly relevant to satire in Elizabethan England. An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .

‘Offers an important theoretical framework and textually detailed account of an overlooked genre in the history of satire’
Professor Lowell Gallagher, Studies in English Literature

‘Hile’s book is an engaging and carefully researched study, which not only furthers our understanding of verse satires of the late-sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, but also invites scholars to reassess the importance of indirect satire in the trajectory of Spenser’s works and the influence it had on emerging writers. By prompting us to read Spenser’s satirical work alongside his epic, pastoral, and lyrical poetry, Hile expands our sense of him as “the poets’s poet”’
Stuart Hart, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol 49, Issue 1, Spring 2018

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Rachel E. Hile is Professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne

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ISBN 13	9781526139511
ISBN 10	1526139510
Titre	Spenserian Satire
Auteur	Rachel Hile
Série	The Manchester Spenser
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Manchester University Press
Année de publication	2019-05-17
Nombre de pages	224
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