Spenser's Moral AllegoryKane's reading of The Faerie Queene emphasizes Spenser's Augustinian critique of the myth of power implied by classical ethical philosophy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Fantasies of Faith | 31 |
The Paradoxes of Idealism | 53 |
Copyright | |
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