The Faerie Queene
‘Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine’\ The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen. Each book of the poem recounts the quest of a knight to achieve a virtue: the Red Crosse Knight of Holinesse, who must slay a dragon and free himself from the...
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Hamilton's revised edition, itself a milestone in academic achievement, is now considered the standard text of the poem.· Best available scholarly editions of THe Faerie Queene· Striking new cover design will make the paperback edition stand out on the shelfLibrary JournalBooks 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.
Book I The Legend of the Knight of the Red Crosse, or of HolinesseBook II The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of TemperaunceBook III The Legend of Britomartis, or of ChastityBook IV The Legend of Cambel and Telemond, or of FriendshipBook V The Legend of Artegall, or of IusticeBook VI The Legend of Calidore, or of CourtesieBook VII Two Cantos of MutabilitieA Letter to RaleighCommendatory Verses and Dedicatory SonnetsTextual Notes by Hiroshi Yamashita and Toshiyuki SuzukiBibliographyThe Characters of the Faerie Queene, compiled by Shohachi Fukuda
\ Library JournalBooks 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.\ \
