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41	Aspects of temperance in Spencer and Milton Sexton, James Penman January 1971 (has links) The purpose of the thesis is first to anatomize the concept of "temperance," studying it in its Classical and Christian contexts. After having done so I examine the use of the concept in Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book II and in a series of works by Milton. We see that "temperance" is a many-sided term, variously defined as "quietness," "modesty," "doing one's own work," and "self-knowledge." Since its linguistic prototype was the Greek sophrosyne, the notion of "order" and "harmony" also carries over to the word "temperance." It becomes clear that temperance has cosmological significance--it is a manifestation of the orderly universe with regard to personal morality. As such it is an instrument of God's grace against the forces of Satanic disorder and intemperance. Temperance served to keep the Christian hero alive to grace and able to respond to it when the right moment arrived, only after much trial. Temperance, then, helps man to weather the state of trial which comes before the state of glory and makes him worthy of felicity. In Chapter One, the notion of temperance is examined with reference to various Classical and Christian works, thus uncovering a wide range of meanings for the term. Chapter Two is devoted to a chronological journey through Spenser's Book of Temperance, and showing how Spenser was alive to the tradition behind him. The third chapter examines Comus, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes and in so doing underscores Milton's understanding of and concern with temperance. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate Temperance (Virtue)
42	A Common Man Trapped inside the Queen’s Body Palacios, Alexandra Sofia 14 November 2013 (has links) My thesis proposes a feminist-queer reading of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene in response to Julian Wolfreys’ “The ‘Endlesse Worke’ of Transgression”. I examine the challenges to male authority that the low-born poet, Spenser, faced when he presented his manual for the formation of new English subjects to his sovereign queen, Elizabeth I. The Prefatory Letter to Raleigh and passages from the 1590 version of the epic provide evidence to support the view that traditional hierarchical male/female binaries may have been destabilized by the presence of an unmarried queen. My thesis also supplements Wolfreys’ essay with historical information regarding Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart in order to underscore the ethnocentric aspect of the process of “othering” that takes place in The Faerie Queene. Edmund Spenser Queer Theory Feminist Theory Faerie Queene English Language and Literature Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
43	Body marks in early modern English epic : Spenser's Faerie Queene and Milton's Paradise Lost Frey, Christopher Lorne January 2006 (has links) No description available. Human body in literature. Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.
44	"Coloured with an historicall fiction" : the topical and moral import of characterization in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Qamar. January 2001 (has links) No description available.
45	René Girard's theory of mimetic desire and Books III and IV of The Faerie Queene Newall LeVasseur, Alison, 1959- January 1987 (has links) No description available.
46	The Fae, the Fairy Tale, and the Gothic Aesthetic in Nineteenth-Century British Literature Warman, Brittany Browning January 2018 (has links) No description available. Literature British and Irish Literature Folklore Gender Studies Gender Womens Studies fairy tale fairy legend folklore fairy legend faerie faerie legend gothic british literature British literature nineteenth-century literature nineteenth-century British literature nineteenth century fairy tales the Gothic feminist queer
47	The Influence of the Emblem on Spenser's Presentation of Allegorical Figures in The Faerie Queene Howard, Patricia W. 12 1900 (has links) Critics frequently, sometimes irresponsibly, label Spenser's poetry "emblematic" because of the appearance of either striking allegorical figures or moral assertions. This thesis establishes a standard for the application of the term "emblematic": first, by defining those elements which characterize emblems; second, by examining the emblem's cultural milieu; and third, by analyzing the "emblem patterns" that appear in The Faerie Queene. The study concludes that these "emblem patterns" transform the two essential elements of emblems to a literary treatment: the emblem engraving takes the form of a poetic description of allegorical figures or scenes; the didactic poem is condensed to an explicit moral statement. These "emblem patterns," then, can be regarded as reasonable criteria for labelling Spenser's poem "emblematic." allegory in poetry Edmund Spenser "emblem patterns" picture books Emblem books. Allegory.
48	L'invention dans les oeuvres de Johann Heinrich Füssli sur le thème du poème The faerie queene d'Edmund Spenser Lachapelle, Elysa 09 1900 (has links) (PDF) Ce mémoire a pour sujet les œuvres réalisées à la fin du XVIIIe et au début du XIXe siècle par Johann Heinrich Füssli, inspirées de l'œuvre littéraire The Faerie Queene (1590-1596), du poète anglais Edmund Spenser. Au nombre de quinze, ces œuvres sont abordées en tant que corpus au sein de l'œuvre de Füssli. L'objectif du mémoire est d'étudier et de documenter, au moyen d'un catalogue raisonné, ces œuvres à sujets spensérien. Une étude stylistique et iconographique qui tient compte des stratégies formelles utilisées pour réaliser ces œuvres, mise en lien avec le contexte culturel, permet de les replacer dans l'ensemble de l'œuvre de Füssli et de la tradition théorique et esthétique à laquelle il est redevable. Le choix de Spenser comme thématique à illustrer, ainsi que le rapport entre les images et le texte, y sont également abordés en mettant l'accent sur la représentation discordante des genres sexuels chez le poète et le peintre. Cette discordance donne lieu à l'hypothèse défendue dans ce mémoire selon laquelle les œuvres de Füssli, ayant pour sujets The Faerie Queene d'Edmund Spenser, sont des œuvres à sujets littéraires pour lesquelles l'artiste fait preuve d'invention et dans lesquelles il exprime ses sentiments face au monde où il vit. Il ne s'agit donc pas d'illustrations, puisque ce terme sous-tend la possibilité d'un respect strict au texte. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741-1825), The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser, ut pictura poesis, œuvre à sujet littéraire, illustration, invention, sublime, gothic, études genrées. Fuseli Henry 1741-1825 Genre Identité sexuelle Illustration Thème Ut pictura poesis (Esthétique)
49	The warrior and the rose : Spenser's iconography of chastity in The faerie queene Pal, Nandinee January 1987 (has links) No description available. Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Symbolism Chastity in literature
50	Spenser's Colin Clout : an introductory study Brown, Molly Anne January 1985 (has links) From introduction: In the sixth book of The Faerie Qveene, the reader is presented with a vision of the Graces and their attendants dancing on Mount Acidale to the piping of a simple shepherd. Spenser identifies this favoured musician as Colin Clout and then goes on to pose a seemingly inconsequential rhetorical question. "Who knowes not Colin Cloute?” he asks. The note of confident pride which can be discerned in the query clearly reveals Spenser's peculiar interest in one of his most intriguing creations. It is almost impossible to read a representative selection of Spenser's poetical works without noticing the hauntingly frequent appearances of his "Southerne shepheardes boye". Colin appears or is named in no fewer than six of Spenser's poems. Faerie Queene English poetry Epic Criticism Interpretation Clout, Colin (Fictitious character)

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