Early Modern Literature in History

Danner, B.

Edmund Spenser's censored attacks on Lord Burghley (Elizabeth I's powerful first minister) serve as the basis for a reassessment of the poet's mid-career, challenging the dates of canonical texts, the social and personal contexts for scandalous topical allegories, and the new historicist portrait of Spenser's 'worship' of power and state ideology.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-09-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230299030

DOI: 10.1057/9780230336674

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 264