“Most critics agree with the seventeenth-century printer who gave them to the world, that the Mutabilitie Cantos seem to be part of… — Janet Spens Literary criticism 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… — Janet Spens Books 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… — Janet Spens Books 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… — Janet Spens Books 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… — Janet Spens Books Copy Share Image
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“The most interesting inconsistency in thought is connected with the Bower of Bliss. This passage--the twelfth canto of the second Book--is probably… — Janet Spens Beauty Copy Share Image
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“The sin of Book I is at first sight more obscure, but it is particularly significant. We have seen that there appear… — Janet Spens Books Copy Share Image
