"Iudge if ought therein be amis" : the paradox of Edmund Spenser's Queen
Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. English Bibliography: p. 130-134 Queen Elizabeth I is a figure of immense complexity: a woman who manifested the power of a prince, who ruled over a society that invested all authority, except that related to the sovereign, in men, and who e...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses4/139816 2023-05-15T17:23:33+02:00 "Iudge if ought therein be amis" : the paradox of Edmund Spenser's Queen Colbert, Carolyn M., 1966- Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of English 1998 134 leaves Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/139816 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (16.44 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Colbert_CarolynM.pdf a1355621 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/139816 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Spenser Edmund 1552?-1599--Faerie queene Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603--In literature Text 1998 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:36Z Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. English Bibliography: p. 130-134 Queen Elizabeth I is a figure of immense complexity: a woman who manifested the power of a prince, who ruled over a society that invested all authority, except that related to the sovereign, in men, and who embraced a notion of personal chastity that included qualities alien to that chastity practiced by other women. Consequently, she became the locus of iconographic interpretation. One of her interpreters is Edmund Spenser. In The Faerie Queene, he responds to the complications inherent in the conflation of female and monarch. Although he is her subject, he also retains a power-to instruct, celebrate, and criticize-related to his literary vocation. He does praise Elizabeth, and the encomia in The Faerie Queene are easily recognizable. However, it is too facile to project only the complimentary images of the queen. This thesis considers how Spenser reacts to the contradictions and ambiguities arising from Elizabeth's anomalous and radical position. Furthermore, it analyzes how his queen, shadowed as Gloriana, Belphoebe, Britomart, and Amoret, among others, is a paradox: she is transmuted into allegorical figures who evoke expressions of celebration, as well as tension, hostility, and criticism. Text Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. English Bibliography: p. 130-134 Queen Elizabeth I is a figure of immense complexity: a woman who manifested the power of a prince, who ruled over a society that invested all authority, except that related to the sovereign, in men, and who embraced a notion of personal chastity that included qualities alien to that chastity practiced by other women. Consequently, she became the locus of iconographic interpretation. One of her interpreters is Edmund Spenser. In The Faerie Queene, he responds to the complications inherent in the conflation of female and monarch. Although he is her subject, he also retains a power-to instruct, celebrate, and criticize-related to his literary vocation. He does praise Elizabeth, and the encomia in The Faerie Queene are easily recognizable. However, it is too facile to project only the complimentary images of the queen. This thesis considers how Spenser reacts to the contradictions and ambiguities arising from Elizabeth's anomalous and radical position. Furthermore, it analyzes how his queen, shadowed as Gloriana, Belphoebe, Britomart, and Amoret, among others, is a paradox: she is transmuted into allegorical figures who evoke expressions of celebration, as well as tension, hostility, and criticism. |
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