The Spenser Encyclopedia

The Spenser Encyclopedia PDF

Author: A.C. Hamilton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-07-01

Total Pages: 2495

ISBN-13: 1134934815

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'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for: * appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own * understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems * easy to find entries arranged by subject.

The Temple of Glas

The Temple of Glas PDF

Author: John Lydgate

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1580444393

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The Temple of Glas takes the form of an elusive and suspenseful-but for that reason all the more sensational-dream vision that demands close attention to detail and the dynamic way in which the meaning of events unfolds. Seducing readers with possibilities remains what the poem does best, and that special magnetism speaks not only to the provenance and textual history of Lydgate's text but also to its literary qualities.