{"product_id":"spenserian-allegory-and-elizabethan-biblical-exegesis-a-context-for-the-faerie-queene","title":"Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exegesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdmund Spenser famously conceded to his friend Walter Raleigh that his method in \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e 'will seeme displeasaunt' to those who would 'rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large'. \u003ci\u003eSpenser's allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study to clarify Spenser's comparison by introducing readers to the biblical typologies of contemporary sermons and liturgies.  The result demonstrates that 'precepts ... sermoned at large' from lecterns and pulpits were themselves often 'clowdily enwrapped in allegoricall devises'.  In effect, routine churchgoing prepared Spenser's first readers to enjoy and interpret \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wealth of relevant quotations invites readers to adopt an Elizabethan mindset and encounter the poem afresh.  The 'chronicle history' cantos, Florimell's adventures, the Souldan episode, Mercilla's judgment on Duessa and even the two stanzas that close the Mutabilitie fragment, all come into sharper focus when juxtaposed with contemporary religious rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54012742205784,"sku":null,"price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780719083846_2d18281e-8e03-489f-aec8-5b683d7716a6.jpg?v=1769526921","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/spenserian-allegory-and-elizabethan-biblical-exegesis-a-context-for-the-faerie-queene","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}