Play of Double Senses: Spenser's Faerie Queene

"A balanced, coherent reading that is both enlightening and full of delight." -Choice

"My hope has been to provide students (and teachers) of Spenser's epic with ways of approaching the poem. The first part of the book is concerned with contexts-the life of Spenser, some forms the epic took before (and after) his own, the pervasiveness of certain literary figures (like Chaucer) and figures from literature (like Arthur) during his time. In discussing these topics, I have also tried to place S...