Spenser’s Narrative Figuration of Women in The Faerie Queene
By (author) Judith H. Anderson
Hardback (Published)
(March 2018)
ISBN: 9781580443173
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $89.00
In stock
~ENG~This study interrogates the figuration of women within the narrative of Spenser’s culturally encyclopedic romance-epic, The Faerie Queene.
Concentrating on major figures of women in The Faerie Queene, together with the figures constellated around them, Anderson’s Narrative Figuration explores the contribution of Spenser’s epic romance to an appreciation of women’s plights and possibilities in the age of Elizabeth. Taken together, their stories have a meaningful tale to tell about the function of narrative, which proves central to figuration in the still moving, metamorphic poem that Spenser created.
- By (author) Judith H. Anderson
"I've rarely read a critical work on Spenser that offers more page-by-page illumination of the text it treats. The interpretation is supported by a magisterial command of the scholarship, and of the theoretical work that has enabled us to understand what 'character' can mean to Spenser and other Renaissance writers. It's simply the best treatment I've seen of women in The Faerie Queene." William A. Oram, Smith College "Once again, Judith Anderson proves herself to be one of the supplest readers of allegory among us. It is not chiefly for its local insights, though they are luminous, that I treasure this book: it is for its poised and subtle lessons in method. 'Figuration' in these pages captures the very essence of Spenserian technique: its affective, philosophical, and representational mobility." Linda Gregerson, University of Michigan "Anderson's attention to the operations of parody in The Faerie Queene deftly and elegantly weaves together her discussions of plot, form, allegory and gender throughout the book [...] Anderson's book is a reminder that literary criticism can itself be an art form." Melissa E. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania, The Spenser Review, Winter 2019
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"I've rarely read a critical work on Spenser that offers more page-by-page illumination of the text it treats. The interpretation is supported by a magisterial command of the scholarship, and of the theoretical work that has enabled us to understand what 'character' can mean to Spenser and other Renaissance writers. It's simply the best treatment I've seen of women in The Faerie Queene." - William A. Oram, Smith College
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"Once again, Judith Anderson proves herself to be one of the supplest readers of allegory among us. It is not chiefly for its local insights, though they are luminous, that I treasure this book: it is for its poised and subtle lessons in method. 'Figuration' in these pages captures the very essence of Spenserian technique: its affective, philosophical, and representational mobility." - Linda Gregerson, University of Michigan
—
"Anderson’s attention to the operations of parody in The Faerie Queene deftly and elegantly weaves together her discussions of plot, form, allegory and gender throughout the book [...] Anderson’s book is a reminder that literary criticism can itself be an art form."
-Melissa E. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania
The Spenser Review, Winter 2019
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