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A supplement of the Faery Queene / by Ralph Knevet ; edited by Christopher Burlinson and Andrew Zurcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knevet, Ralph, 1600-1671, author.
- Series:
- Manchester Spenser.
- The Manchester Spenser
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--Criticism, Textual.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Ralph Knevet's Supplement of the Faery Queene (1635) is a narrative and allegorical work, which weaves together a complex collection of tales and episodes, featuring knights, ladies, sorcerers, monsters, vertiginous fortresses and deadly battles - a chivalric romp in Spenser's cod medieval style. The poem shadows recent English history, and the major military and political events of the Thirty Years War. But the Supplement is also an ambitiously intertextual poem, weaving together materials from mythic, literary, historical, scientific, theological, and many other kinds of written sources. Its encyclopaedic ambitions combine with Knevet's historical focus to produce an allegorical epic poem of considerable interest and power.This new edition of Knevet's Supplement, the first scholarly text of the poem ever published, situates it in its literary, historical, biographical, and intellectual contexts. An extensive introduction and copious critical commentary, positioned at the back of the book, will enable students and scholars alike to access Knevet's complicated and enigmatic meanings, structures, and allusions.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and texts used
- Introduction
- Textual introduction
- Knevets language
- A Supplement of the Faery Queene
- Commentary
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Feb 2026).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-5858-2
- OCLC:
- 1467875244
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