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Rosemary Freeman. in other fields : in its substance through the variety of its figures , the range of its narratives , and finally through its philosophical thought . The figures originate in the extraordinary extent of Spenser's grasp ...
Rosemary Freeman. in other fields : in its substance through the variety of its figures , the range of its narratives , and finally through its philosophical thought . The figures originate in the extraordinary extent of Spenser's grasp ...
Page 70
... figures of Abessa and Corceca in Book I , or of Malengin in Book V , makes a strikingly realistic impression : both images and the setting in which they occur , have been rightly attributed to Spenser's memory of scenes in Ireland ...
... figures of Abessa and Corceca in Book I , or of Malengin in Book V , makes a strikingly realistic impression : both images and the setting in which they occur , have been rightly attributed to Spenser's memory of scenes in Ireland ...
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... figures in a narrative is the problem of giving them any plausible action . Spenser's embodiments of the Seven Deadly Sins in Book I are impressive because they are not absorbed into any kind of plot . They appear , grotesque and ...
... figures in a narrative is the problem of giving them any plausible action . Spenser's embodiments of the Seven Deadly Sins in Book I are impressive because they are not absorbed into any kind of plot . They appear , grotesque and ...
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Acrasia action allegory Amoret appearance Archimago Ariosto armour Artegall Artegall's Arthur attack battle beauty becomes begins Belphoebe Blatant Beast Book Bower of Bliss Braggadocchio brings Britomart Busyrane C. S. Lewis Calepine Calidore Cambell Canto carry castle character chastity concept creates creatures Cymochles death described Despair doth Dragon Duessa Elizabethan emblem books embodied episode evil Faerie Queene fight figures Florimell forest friendship Giant gives Grantorto Guyon Hellenore hero House of Pride human idea imagery imaginative interpretation journey Justice kind lady Malbecco Mammon Marinell meaning mind monster moral narrative nature occasion Orgoglio Palmer Paridell personification phrase plot poem poet poetic poetry possesses Pyrochles quest Radigund reader recognised Red Crosse Knight represents rescue rôle Sans-loy scene Scudamour sense Serena Shepheardes Calender shield simile Spenser Spenserian Squire stands stanza story style suggests Talus theme Timias tion Triamond Una's victim virtue whole