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November 19, 2015 mchulse@crimson.ua.eduLeave a comment

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Spenser alludes frequently to ships at sea, and the need for skillful pilots to guide their vessels through danger. Book I of The Faerie Queene includes two notable examples, and Read More …

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Types of Deaths in the Faerie Queene

This is a collection of instances of decapitation and dismemberment in Book I of the Faerie Queene. It is intended to visualize when Spenser specifies how certain characters are defeated. Read More …

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November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 mkfoster2@crimson.ua.eduLeave a comment

Epic Chastity

The first trick to unpacking the larger concept of chastity within the context of an epic poem is to accept at the start that chastity, not unlike gender and sexuality, Read More …

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November 19, 2015 hlbell1@crimson.ua.eduLeave a comment

“Sea” Commonplace

The “sea” commonplace takes many forms in these two epics.  The parameters used in tracking the commonplace for this visual representation are as follows: Every instance of the word “sea” Read More …

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November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 cgluikham@crimson.ua.eduLeave a comment

Dissembling in The Faerie Queene and Paradise Lost

Dissemble: to give a false impression either by words, actions, or disguise. In tracking this commonplace there is fairly little ambiguity; a character is either being deceived or they are Read More …

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