The following chapters discuss Spenser's use, in The Shepheardes Calender, of a distinctively 'pastoral' logic to problematise the relationship between literature and criticism; the ways in which this method informs the Faerie Queene; the approach, in the central books of the epic, to textual and state authority; and the final books' exploration of political experience. Finally, by demonstrating the complexity of the critically neglected prose treatise A View of the State of Ireland, the book offers an eco-critical perspective on Spenser's place in the natural and cultural environments of sixteenth-century Ireland.
Through a series of detailed readings, Chamberlain proposes alternative strategies for interpreting Spenser's works, including a politicized "new aestheticism," ecocriticism, and pastoral theory. Chamberlain suggests that Spenser's texts demand a reading that is at once political and sensitive to aesthetic surprise.
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Through a series of detailed readings, Chamberlain proposes alternative strategies for interpreting Spenser's works, including a politicized "new aestheticism," ecocriticism, and pastoral theory. Chamberlain suggests that Spenser's texts demand a reading that is at once political and sensitive to aesthetic surprise.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.