Spenser: The Faerie QueeneA. C. Hamilton Routledge, 2014 M06 11 - 816 pages The Faerie Queene is a scholarly masterpiece that has influenced, inspired, and challenged generations of writers, readers and scholars since its completion in 1596. Hamilton's edition is itself, a masterpiece of scholarship and close reading. It is now the standard edition for all readers of Spenser. The entire work is revised, and the text of The Faerie Queene itself has been freshly edited, the first such edition since the 1930s. This volume also contains additional original material, including a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses and dedicatory sonnets, chronology of Spenser's life and works and provides a compilation of list of characters and their appearances in The Faerie Queene. |
Contents
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| 21 | |
Facsimiles of 1590 title page and 1590 dedication | 26 |
Facsimile of The Second Part of The Faerie Queene | 408 |
Letter to Raleigh | 713 |
Commendatory Verses and Dedicatory Sonnets | 719 |
Textual Notes | 736 |
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The Characters of The Faerie Queene | 775 |
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