Metaphor and Belief in The Faerie Queene

by Rufus Wood

Overview

Rufus Wood contextualizes his study of The Faerie Queene through an initial discussion of attitudes towards metaphor expressed in Elizabethan poetry. He reveals how Elizabethan writers voice a commitment to metaphor as a means of discovering and exploring their world and shows how the concept of a metaphoric principle of structure underlying Elizabethan poetics generates an exciting interpretation of The Faerie Queene. The debate which emerges concerning the use and abuse of metaphor in allegorical poetry provides a valuable contribution to the field of Spenser studies in particular and Renaissance literature in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333613672
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/29/1997
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	233
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Introduction: The Elizabethan Poetics of Metaphor - Metaphor as an Act of Faith - Metaphor as a Process of Change - Metaphor as an Act of Idolatry - Meta-Metaphors - Notes - List of Works Cited - Index