The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, Thomas P. Roche, C. Patrick O'Donnell
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- ISBN: 0140422072
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Pub. Date: January 1979
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Comments from the Seller: New York 1979 S Paperback Reprint Very Good 8vo-over 7"-9" tall A VG copy. Creasing and wear to wraps. Light age discoloration. 1247ppgs.
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Synopsis
Book Five of The Faerie Queene is Spenser's Legend of Justice. It tells of the knight Artegall's efforts to rid Faerie Land of tyranny and injustice, aided by his sidekick Talus and the timely intervention of his betrothed, the woman warrior Britomart. As allegory, Book Five figures forth ideal concepts of justice and explores how justice may be applied in a real world complicated by social inequality, female rule, political guile, and excessive violence. At the same time, as historical allegory, it retells a number of the most important events of early modern England, in particular the controversies surrounding the colonization of Ireland. An integral part of the larger poem, Book Five also stands on its own as one of the most challenging meditations on justice in English literature.
The Faerie Queene from Hackett Publishing Company:
Spenser's great work in five volumes. Each includes its own Introduction, annotation, notes on the text, bibliography, glossary, and index of characters; Spenser's "Letter to Raleigh" and a short Life of Edmund Spenser appear in every volume.
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Books one and five (two, three, and four are coming later--figure that one out) of Spenser's opus get the red-carpet treatment. Each volume has an introduction, annotations, bibliography, glossary to get you through the old English, character index, and more. Footnotes mercifully appear at the bottom of each page so you don't have to flip constantly to the back. Nice for the academics. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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A C Hamilton is the retired Cappon Professor Emeritus at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. He is the General Editor of Spenser Encyclopedia.
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Faerie Queeneby Anonymous
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07/07/2007: Spenser's Faerie Queene consists principally of a cycle of knightly quests and adventures analogous to that of the knights of the Round Table, but set in a world in which the supernatural is represented not only by dragons, wizards, and angels, but by the Olympian (and even Egyptian!)gods and--especially--goddesses. Add touches of classical epic (Homer and Virgil) and Italian Renaissance epic (Ariosto and Tasso) and a pervasive moral and religious symbolism, all delivered in the language of one of the half-dozen greatest poets ever to write in English, and you have a truly distinctive and remarkable reading experience. For the advanced student, or for the general reader on whom such a work seems likely to exert a lifelong fascination, Hamilton's annotated edition is unsurpassed. For the beginning student or more tentative general reader, an edition with much less annotation (but still on the same page)and, above all, modern spelling would no doubt be preferable. Unfortunately, no such edition of the complete work exists. So even the neophyte who wants the entire poem with annotation on the same page as the text might want to give Hamilton's edition a try.
Faerie Queeneby Anonymous
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07/22/2005: I have this particular copy. The poetry is beautifully written. Great piece of literature that serves as the source for many of today's modern fantasy movies from the past 30 years, like Dragonslayer, Willow, The Princess Bride, The Legend of King Arthur, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Harry Potter. The Fairy Queene describes knights, dwarves, elves, princesses, kings, queens, dragons, witches, trolls, warlocks, demons, goblins, and wizards. Classic fantasy! A must read!
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