Spenser's Underworld in the 1590 'Faerie Queene' (Studies in Renaissance literature)

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Spenser's Underworld in the 1590 'Faerie Queene' (Studies in Renaissance literature)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 160 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780773466708
  • DDC分類 821.3

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This work offers updated readings of some familiar Spenserian texts and a new way of conceiving the unity of the 1590 Faerie Queene. It brings a range of learning to bear, drawing from Freudian and Jungean psychology, scripture, and Greek and Roman mythology.

Contents

The art of dying well and the avoidance of Hell in Book 1; Theseus as Harrower of Hell in Book 1; Prince Arthur and Christ's descent into Hell in Books 1 and 2; the criminal underworld and Guyon's continence in Book 2; Merlin's ambiguous Hell power in Book 3; Britomart and the descent into Hell in Books 1-3