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Temperate Conquests: Spenser and the Spanish New World

by David Read
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Overview

"An examination of colonialism and Elizabethan empire in Book 2 of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, "Of Temperaunce."

Synopsis

This volume examines Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene within the context of England's international relations and colonial expansion during the Elizabethan period. The author argues that Book 2 serves as a vehicle for Spenser to imaging a model of English colonial activity in the New World.

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Book Details

Published
February 1, 2000
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Pages
258
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780814328729

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