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Books III and Iv of Spenser's Faerie Queene construct an intricate philosophy of love involving the association of feminine with matter and masculine with form, or spirit. As a Christian, Spenser recognized the polarization of spirit and flesh and sought to sanctify human love by arguing that the marriage of man and woman represents a reformation of the polarities of divided human nature: indeed, that man and women bring spiritual and material gifts, respectively, to one another. Women provide material generation and a lineage which is eternal through change. Men add spiritual and intellectual purpose which transcends both flesh and time.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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This dissertation is a literary-historical study of Edmund Spenser’s under-rated sonnet sequence, Amoretti (1595), focusing on the poet’s playful manipulation of conventional imagery (largely Petrarchan) to reflect the progression of the poet/lover’s relationship with his beloved from the solipsistic to the interpersonal: that is, a relationship represented by variations on fixed erotic configurations to fluid, interactive conversations involving attitudes, understanding and emotion. Without denying the ultimately serious purpose of the sonnets, the study concentrates on the light-heartedness of the presentation, advertised as a “sporting” interlude in the midst of the composition of Spenser’s major work, The Faerie Queene. Not primarily ideological in focus, but rather of a critical evaluative kind, the work entails a systematic and comprehensive analysis of imagery concerning weaving, captivity and eyes within the Amoretti in three contexts: the genre of the Elizabethan sonnet sequence, Spenser’s other works and the Renaissance propensity for experiment or play of mind.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-221). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1920. / "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago, Illinois." "Reprinted in part from Modern philology, Vol. XVI, Nos. 1 and 5, May and September, 1918." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis - University of Chicago, 1920. / "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago, Illinois." "Reprinted in part from Modern philology, vol. XVI, nos. 1 and 5, May and September, 1918." Includes bibliographical references. Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1920. / "Private edition, distributed by the University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago, Illinois." "Reprinted in part from Modern philology, vol. XVI, nos. 1 and 5, May and September, 1918." Includes bibliographical references.

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