Metaphor and Belief in the Faerie Queene (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333613672)

Rufus Wood contextualizes his study of The Faerie Queene through an initial discussion of attitudes towards metaphor expressed in Elizabethan poetry. He reveals how Elizabethan writers voice a commitment to metaphor as a means of discovering and exploring their world and shows how the concept of a metaphoric principle of structure underlying Elizabethan poetics generates an exciting interpretation of The Faerie Queene. The debate which emerges concerning the use and abuse of metaphor in allegorical poetry provides a valuable contribution to the field of Spenser studies in particular and Renaissance literature in general.

Author: Rufus Wood
ISBN-10: 0333613678
ISBN-13: 9780333613672
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1997
Pages: 233
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d