The unity of The faerie queene / Ronald Arthur Horton
1978, 1st edition. Athens : University of Georgia Press. Library copy. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #408650
ISBN: 0820304409
Physical description; 226 pp.; 22 cm. Contents; Introduction : The letter and the poem -- Part 1 : The ground plan : a nursery of virtue. The nurturing of an exemplar -- The garden of virtue -- Part 2 : A principle of progression : public virtue. Active virtue -- Complementary association in pairs -- Cumulative progression within pairs -- The private-to-public movement -- Part 3 : Interlacing : multiple embodiments. Variety and the moral dialectic -- Avatars -- Counterpoint and counterfeit -- Architectonic and organic unity -- Conclusion : Critical justice and the giant's faction. Subjects; Spenser, Edmund 1552?-1599. Faerie queene. Criticism and interpretation. Studies. Poetry in English.
Price: €14.95