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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser. The Fairy Queen. FQ: Cultural/Historical Contexts . Humanism Reformation (Anglican: 1535 -- ) English nationalism & expansion New World colonization; sea power 1584 - 1588 - 1607 - 1620 Court contexts of literature audience - patronage, favor - classical models.

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Edmund Spenser

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  1. Edmund Spenser The Fairy Queen

  2. FQ: Cultural/Historical Contexts • Humanism • Reformation (Anglican: 1535 -- ) • English nationalism & expansion • New World colonization; sea power • 1584 - 1588 - 1607 - 1620 • Court contexts of literature • audience - patronage, favor - classical models

  3. FQ: Nuts and Bolts • author • language • verse form • date • structure (actual/planned)

  4. FQ: Genre(s) • sec. epic, in allegorical mode, w/ romance plot elements, to teach noble/virtuous behavior (mirror for gentlepersons; a.k.a. “courtesy book”) • epic • techniques: Homeric/epic similes, in medias res, invocations of Muses, etc. • romance plot elements • compare Star Wars

  5. FQ: Genres, cont’d. • allegory (def.) • types: personification, typological (defs.) • also, “geographic/architectural” (def.) • levels (at least 4 possible for FQ) • polysemy (def.) • mirror for gentlepersons (or “courtesy book”)

  6. FQ, Bk. 1: Major Episodes • [Letter to Ralegh story background] • canto 1 : Error’s wood • cantos 1-2 : Archimago and Duessa • cantos 4-5 : House of Pride/7 Sins • cantos 7-8 : Orgoglio, Arthur to rescue

  7. FQ, Bk. 1: Major Episodes, cont’d. • canto 9 : Cave of Despair • canto 10 : House of Holiness • canto 11 : Dragon Fight • canto 12 : Betrothal • classic fairy tale happy ending

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