Spenser's Arthur [Hardcover]

David A. Summers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0761806598 | ISBN-13: 978-0761806592

This book explores the political and intellectual ideology of the British Arthurian tradition, particularly the delineation of the figure of Arthur as a cultural icon. Spenserian's have tended to isolate The Faerie Queene from the Arthurian tradition. This book re-reads that tradition, revealing notions of histobiography, national identity, and national destiny which are powerfully present in Spenser's great Tudor epic and contrapuntally in his "A View to the Present State of England."

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...any reader...will have found in this book ample material and provocation for thinking about 'Spenser's Arthur' in new and fruitful ways.>>>> (Spenser Newsletter )

...any reader...will have found in this book ample material and provocation for thinking about 'Spenser's Arthur' in new and fruitful ways. (Spenser Newsletter )

About the Author

David A. Summers, Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (February 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761806598
• ISBN-13: 978-0761806592
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,056,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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