“Thus, on the one hand, Spenser's thought is steeped in sensuous detail, so that for him there is no really abstract thinking; men, he thinks, 'should be satisfied with the use of these days, seeing all things accounted by their… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“We have, then, three Books wholly and one partially written before, and two after, the Preface; and only one of the first four is consistent with it, while the two later are entirely in agreement with it. In the first group, the adventure which fits into the scheme in the Letter is the first of all, which is a significant… — Janet Spens Copy Share
“Most critics agree with the seventeenth-century printer who gave them to the world, that the Mutabilitie Cantos seem to be part of some following… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“The aim I have set before me in this book is to give back to English readers the understanding of and delight in this… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“The Faerie Queene was intended by its author to be a philosophical poem and was so regarded by his contemporaries and immediate successors, whose… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“We have then, in the first part of The Faerie Queene, four of the seven deadly sins depicted in the more important passages of… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“Now the twelfth canto of Book II is an almost literal translation from Tasso description in the Jerusalem Delivered of the island of Armida.… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“Thus, on the one hand, Spenser's thought is steeped in sensuous detail, so that for him there is no really abstract thinking; men, he… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“The sin of Book I is at first sight more obscure, but it is particularly significant. We have seen that there appear to be… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
“The most interesting inconsistency in thought is connected with the Bower of Bliss. This passage--the twelfth canto of the second Book--is probably the best… — Janet Spens Copy Share Image
