Comic Spenser - Faith, Folly, and the Faerie Queene

Comic Spenser explains how the deep-rooted cultural bias against humour has skewed interpretation of The Faerie Queene since its first publication. As well as bringing a comic perspective to new areas of the poem, this study explores profound connections between humour, faith, and allegory.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Spencer and the comic Renaissance
Chapter 2 Humour and Heroism
Chapter 3 Spenser's Bawdy; Or, Red Crosse's Problem with Desire
Chapter 4 Laughing at Love: FQ III-IV
Chapter 5 Parody and Panegyric
Epilogue Humour and Allegory
Bibliography

About the author

Victoria Coldham-Fussell is a freelance writer and independent scholar

Summary

Comic Spenser explains how the deep-rooted cultural bias against humour has skewed interpretation of The Faerie Queene since its first publication. As well as bringing a comic perspective to new areas of the poem, this study explores profound connections between humour, faith, and allegory. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Coldham-Fussell
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526131119
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3111-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The Manchester Spenser
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies