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Title
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Spenser's spiritual vision: the Faerie Queene as a teleological romance.
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Creator
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Groves, Laura Hendricks., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Abstract/Description
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A recent trend in Spenser studies that relies heavily on materialist thinking either undervalues or misses altogether The Faerie Queene's inherent spiritual quality along with the irreducible interaction and ultimate reciprocity of earth and heaven. This thesis argues that Edmund Spenser's spiritual vision in The Faerie Queene expresses itself in a teleological romance that assumes a condition of mutability over stasis in the temporal earthly realm, as its first three heroes ascend a ladder...
Show moreA recent trend in Spenser studies that relies heavily on materialist thinking either undervalues or misses altogether The Faerie Queene's inherent spiritual quality along with the irreducible interaction and ultimate reciprocity of earth and heaven. This thesis argues that Edmund Spenser's spiritual vision in The Faerie Queene expresses itself in a teleological romance that assumes a condition of mutability over stasis in the temporal earthly realm, as its first three heroes ascend a ladder of perfection that evokes the heavenly and eternal, while at the same time heavenly glory reaches down into the story "romancing" the characters and exerting its own influence on the action.
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Date Issued
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2009
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/210523
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Subject Headings
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Criticism and interpretation, Symbolism in literature, Spirituality in literature, English literature, Criticism and interpretation
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Format
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Document (PDF)
