Product Description
Book Description
This edition has been lightly modernised so that,whilst retaining all the essential ingredients of Spenser's classic epic poem,THE FAIRY QUEEN is more accessible to the reader in terms of its general presentation upon the page and its modified spelling.This carefully chosen selection also presents the most exciting and important passages which characterise THE FAIRY QUEEN as being a spectacular triumph of the imagination as well as one of the most politically charged works of its day.Through it the psychological intrigues and complexities of Queen Elizabeth's court are transported to the realm of Fairyland,where they form part of a tableaux in which magic,myth and latent criticism merge.This new edition will be invaluable to students and general readers alike.
Synopsis
This study edition, published to commemorate the quatercentenary of the six-book 1596 edition, contains a full, modernized selection from modern England's longest epic poem, as well as a commentary upon it.
