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The character of Britomart in Spenser's The faerie queene / Joanna Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Joanna.
- Series:
- Studies in Renaissance literature ; v. 21.
- Studies in Renaissance literature ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
- Spenser, Edmund.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
- Women and literature--England--History--16th century.
- Women and literature.
- Symbolism.
- England.
- History.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Characters--Britomart.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Characters--Women.
- Epic poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, English.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Symbolism.
- Chastity in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Allegory.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 314 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of color plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Preface: Culture, Literature, Textuality, Sexuality 1
- Part 1 Britomart and Concepts of Chastity in The Faerie Queene: Representations of Magnanimous Love and Moral Virtue 19
- Chapter I "Chast Desire" and "Affection Chaste": Spenser's Vision of Chaste Love and Its Relation to Protestant Thought 27
- Chapter II "And next to her sate sober Modestie": Aspects of the Double Standard in Spenser's Construction of Chastity 61
- Part 2 Spenser and the Fashioning of Courtly Love 97
- Chapter III "And him beside marcht amorous Desyre": Spenser and the Problem of Courtly Love 105
- Chapter IV "Of huge affection, did in pleasure melt": Chaste Desire and the Rehabilitation of Courtly Love 135
- Part 3 Eliminating Britomart: The Suppression of Poetic Voice in Books 4 and 5 of The Faerie Queene 167
- Chapter V "So loue of soule doth loue of bodie passe": The Mitigation of Erotic Love in Book 4 of The Faerie Queene 173
- Chapter VI "That part of Iustice, which is Equity": The Function and Displacement of Britomart in Book 5 of The Faerie Queene 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-307) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773475265
- OCLC:
- 45207933
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