Irish Demons : English Writings on Ireland, the Irish, and Gender by Spenser and His Contemporaries

Fitzpatrick, Joan

University Press of America（2000/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 196 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761817352
• DDC分類 821.3

Full Description

The interplay between colonialism and gender is the focus of this book, which concentrates on Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene in the context of English history. Spenser's attitudes toward the Irish are drawn out of the text of his poetry, especially his preoccupations with sexual promiscuity, Catholicism, and miscegenation. The underlying textual dynamics are analyzed in terms of Spenser's relationship with Queen Elizabeth and his residence in Ireland.

Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Writing of Ireland: The "Supplication" and A View of the Present State of Ireland
Chapter 4 Religious Conflict: Truth, Error, and Duplicity
Chapter 5 Acrasia, Ruddymane, and the Red Hand of Ulster
Chapter 6 Gendered Histories: Nicolas Sander, Shakespeare, and the Post-Reformation Propaganda War
Chapter 7 Savage Landscapes: Ireland and the Irish Rebels
Chapter 8 The Plight of Munera: Violence against the Sexual and Religious Other
Chapter 9 Pastoral Idylls and Lawless Rebels
Chapter 10 Mutabilitie and Degeneration in The Faerie Queene
Chapter 11 Notes
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Index