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Irish demons : English writings on Ireland, the Irish, and gender by Spenser and his contemporaries / Joan Fitzpatrick.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection PR2358 .F55 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, Joan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
- Spenser, Edmund.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Knowledge and learning--Ireland.
- English poetry.
- Contemporaries.
- National characteristics, Irish--Historiography.
- National characteristics, Irish.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--1558-1603--Historiography.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Contemporaries.
- Epic poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, English.
- Ireland--Foreign public opinion, English.
- English poetry--Irish influences.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Ireland--In literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 185 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2000]
- Summary:
- The interplay between colonialism and gender is the focus of this book, which concentrates on Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene in the context of English history. Spenser's attitudes toward the Irish are drawn out of the text of his poetry, especially his preoccupations with sexual promiscuity, Catholicism, and miscegenation. The underlying textual dynamics are analyzed in terms of Spenser's relationship with Queen Elizabeth and his residence in Ireland.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Writing of Ireland: The "Supplication" and A View of the Present State of Ireland 1
- Chapter 2 Religious Conflict: Truth, Error, and Duplicity 19
- Chapter 3 Acrasia, Ruddymane, and the Red Hand of Ulster 37
- Chapter 4 Gendered Histories: Nicolas Sander, Shakespeare, and the Post-Reformation Propaganda War 55
- Chapter 5 Savage Landscapes: Ireland and the Irish Rebels 77
- Chapter 6 The Plight of Munera: Violence against the Sexual and Religious Other 101
- Chapter 7 Pastoral Idylls and Lawless Rebels 113
- Chapter 8 Mutabilitie and Degeneration in The Faerie Queene 129.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-176) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761817352
- OCLC:
- 44039765
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