{"product_id":"monsters-and-the-poetic-imagination-in-the-faerie-queene-9780719095719","title":"Monsters and the Poetic Imagination in the Faerie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first ever book-length account of Spenser's monsters and their relation to the poetic imagination in the Renaissance. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A great strength of Goth's study is its multiple appeal. This weighty contribution to literary studies will interest historians of fantasy, horror and the grotesque, of disability and of teratology, as well as specialists in Spenser, the literary debates of his time, or monsters in fiction. Supporting his text with a wealth of notes, identifying many unexpected contributions and references as well as most of the usual suspects, Goth reliably signposts the complex range of English and European monster traditions, myths and texts, raided, paraded, and upgraded by Spenser for his monsters.'\u003cbr\u003eM A Katritzky, The Open University, The Spenser Review, May 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Goth's significant inquiry on monsters in Spenser's \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene \u003c\/i\u003esheds new light on the\u003cbr\u003erepresentation of monstrosity in the Renaissance.’\u003cbr\u003eDaniela Carpi\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnglistik – International Journal of English Studies \u003c\/i\u003e27.2 September 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘My wanting more is ultimately a sign of the book’s virtues: it is at once learned and engaging. In looking away from the allegorical heroes to consider its varied monsters, it offers a rich new perspective.’\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Hodges, University of Oklahoma\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I: ‘Complicated monsters head and tail’: A primer in Spenser, monsters, and teratology\u003cbr\u003e1. The Faerie Queene – A poem of monsters?\u003cbr\u003e2. The monstrous in the early modern period\u003cbr\u003e3. Historical perspectives on the monstrous \u003cbr\u003e4. How to read monsters: A survey of Spenser studies, and teratology\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Reading the monster: Taxonomy \u003cbr\u003e5. Taxonomic considerations\u003cbr\u003e6. Monsters and monstrous beings in The Faerie Queene\u003cbr\u003e7. Monstrous animals (1): dragons\u003cbr\u003e8. Monstrous animals (2): four-footed beasts \u003cbr\u003e9. Human-animal composites \u003cbr\u003e10. Giants\u003cbr\u003e11. Monstrous humans \u003cbr\u003e12. Automata\u003cbr\u003e13. Taxonomy reconsidered\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Making monsters: The monstrous imagination and the poet’s autonomy in The Faerie Queene\u003cbr\u003e14. The problem of the literary monster in the discourse of the poetic imagination \u003cbr\u003e15. The monstrous and the literary heterocosm\u003cbr\u003e16. In Phantastes’s chamber\u003cbr\u003e17. Animating the monstrous imagination in The Faerie Queene\u003cbr\u003e18. Poetic creation: Spenser as Prometheus\u003cbr\u003e19. The poet’s autonomy and the use of the monstrous imagination\u003cbr\u003e20. Interpreting the monstrous\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884291993943,"sku":"9780719095719","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monsters-and-the-poetic-imagination-in-the-faerie-queene-9780719095719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}