{"product_id":"comic-spenser-faith-folly-and-the-faerie-queene-9781526131119","title":"Comic Spenser: Faith, Folly, and the Faerie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce a byword for Protestant sobriety and moral idealism, Spenser is now better known for his irony and elusiveness. But this study argues that his sense of humour is still underestimated and misunderstood. In a series of bold reinterpretations of key episodes in \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e, Victoria Coldham-Fussell demonstrates that humour goes to the heart of Spenser’s moral and doctrinal preoccupations. She charts amusing rifts between the poem’s ambitious and idealising postures and its Protestant vision of corruptible human nature; yet contends that Spenserian humour is an expression of tolerance and faith as well as an instrument of satire. This study’s application of modern comic theory to a key text of the English Renaissance and its detailed survey of the comic influences that shaped Spenser’s literary milieu will be indispensable to teachers of the Renaissance period, to students of comic literature, and to established Spenserians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Laudably clear and jargon-free and including extensive notes, \u003ci\u003eComic Spenser\u003c\/i\u003e will be useful for nonspecialists, and it will open intriguing avenues of interpretation for more advanced students. Coldham-Fussell provides extensive notes.'\u003cbr\u003eCHOICE\u003cbr\u003e(Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Spencer and the comic Renaissance \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2      Humour and Heroism \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3      Spenser’s Bawdy; Or, Red Crosse’s Problem with Desire \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4      Laughing at Love: FQ III-IV \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5      Parody and Panegyric \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue       Humour and Allegory \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040995115351,"sku":"9781526131119","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526131119.jpg?v=1750948529","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/comic-spenser-faith-folly-and-the-faerie-queene-9781526131119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}