{"product_id":"spenserian-allegory-and-elizabethan-biblical-margaret-christian-9781526139504","title":"Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exegesis: A Context for the Faerie Queene","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdmund Spenser famously conceded to his friend Walter Raleigh that his method in The Faerie Queene 'will seeme displeasaunt' to those who would 'rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large'. This is the first book-length study to clarify Spenser's comparison by introducing readers to the biblical typologies of contemporary sermons and liturgies. The result demonstrates that 'precepts ... sermoned at large' from lecterns and pulpits were themselves often 'clowdily enwrapped in allegoricall devises'. In effect, routine churchgoing prepared Spenser's first readers to enjoy and interpret The Faerie Queene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wealth of relevant quotations invites readers to adopt an Elizabethan mindset and encounter the poem afresh. The 'chronicle history' cantos, Florimell's adventures andMercilla's judgment on Duessa all come into sharper focus when juxtaposed with contemporary religious rhetoric.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Christian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526139502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526139504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Margaret Christian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459308040447,"sku":"9781526139504","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c1cee39-7f14-46a0-af50-f33534fdfeb1.jpg?v=1777409010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spenserian-allegory-and-elizabethan-biblical-margaret-christian-9781526139504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}