Tag: Edmund Spenser

The Virtuous Arthur: Resolving a Tension Between Lewis and Spenser

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In Images of Life, C.S. Lewis rejects Spenser’s “Letter to Raleigh” as authoritative for interpreting the character of Arthur. Spenser writes, “I labour to pourtraict in Arthure, before he was […]

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Spenser’s Faerie Queene and Its Holy Knight, Red Crosse

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Spenser’s The Faerie Queene tells a tale on many levels, including an ode to Queen Elizabeth (after whom the poem is titled) and an allegorical critique of the Roman Catholic […]

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