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The Pain of Reformation argues that Edmund Spenser’s 1590 Faerie Queene examines emerging notions of vulnerability in Renaissance England. This book approaches sensation through the aesthetics of the vulnerable body, explores the emergence of notions of shared vulnerability, and illuminates a constellation of masculinity, sexuality, and ethics in post-Reformation England.

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"A brilliant, bold, generous, and moving book. Campana makes powerful contributions in ethics, gender and sexuality, and the narrative imagination in Spenser’s Reformation culture.”---—Theresa Krier, Macalester College
Campana makes a highly compelling case for his claims, and this accomplished and ambitious book will undoubtedly provoke a great deal of lively discussion for years to come. * —Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 *
. . . This book will hearten anyone seeking an alternative to overly pious or hegemonic readings of 'The Faerie Queene'. * —Renaissance Quarterly *
“This splendid book makes a fresh and original entry into the burgeoning criticism on Renaissance selfhood. Campana brilliantly links the motif of vulnerability to the social and physiological precariousness of early modern masculinity.”---—Michael Schoenfeldt, The University of Michigan

The Pain of Reformation

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 1 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9780823239108
      978-0823239108
      ISBN-10 0823239101
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Pain of Reformation argues that Edmund Spenser’s 1590 Faerie Queene examines emerging notions of vulnerability in Renaissance England. This book approaches sensation through the aesthetics of the vulnerable body, explores the emergence of notions of shared vulnerability, and illuminates a constellation of masculinity, sexuality, and ethics in post-Reformation England.

      Trade Review
      "A brilliant, bold, generous, and moving book. Campana makes powerful contributions in ethics, gender and sexuality, and the narrative imagination in Spenser’s Reformation culture.”---—Theresa Krier, Macalester College
      Campana makes a highly compelling case for his claims, and this accomplished and ambitious book will undoubtedly provoke a great deal of lively discussion for years to come. * —Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 *
      . . . This book will hearten anyone seeking an alternative to overly pious or hegemonic readings of 'The Faerie Queene'. * —Renaissance Quarterly *
      “This splendid book makes a fresh and original entry into the burgeoning criticism on Renaissance selfhood. Campana brilliantly links the motif of vulnerability to the social and physiological precariousness of early modern masculinity.”---—Michael Schoenfeldt, The University of Michigan

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