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OverviewWhy did Spenser write his epic, The Faerie Queene, in stanzas instead of a classical meter or blank verse? Why did he affect the vocabulary of medieval poets such as Chaucer? Is there, as centuries of readers have noticed, something lyrical about Spenser's epic style, and if so, why? In this accessible and wide-ranging study, David Scott Wilson-Okamura reframes these questions in a larger, European context. The first full-length treatment of Spenser's poetic style in more than four decades, it shows that Spenser was English without being insular. In his experiments with style, Spenser faced many of the same problems, and found some of the same solutions, as poets writing in other languages. Drawing on classical rhetoric and using concepts that were developed by literary critics during the Renaissance, this is an account of long-term, international trends in style, illustrated with examples from Petrarch, Du Bellay, Ariosto and Tasso. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Scott Wilson-Okamura (East Carolina University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781107038202ISBN 10: 1107038200 Pages: 247 Publication Date: 06 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Scholars will be most appreciative of this first analysis of Spenser's style in several decades, and advanced undergraduates will find it eminently readable and understandable ... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' B. E. Brandt, Choice '... can be read with both profit and pleasure by anyone interested in the practice and theory of poetry.' Jean R. Brink, The Sixteenth Century Journal 'Scholars will be most appreciative of this first analysis of Spenser's style in several decades, and advanced undergraduates will find it eminently readable and understandable ... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' B. E. Brandt, Choice Author InformationDavid Scott Wilson-Okamura is an Associate Professor of English at East Carolina University. He is the author of Virgil in the Renaissance (2010), also published by Cambridge University Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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