Year: 1978
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The Fourth Book Of,Ahe Faêrle ~ueen! and Romance Structure • Abs-tract Readers who look for catiee-and-effect plott1ng have , 1 d1fflculty 1n apprecl~t1ng,the narra~1~e 10g1c of T~e Faer1e Queene.Book IV has fared partlcularly poorly wlth theae readers beca~se of lts apparen~rormlesèness.This thesls attempts to demonstrate that Book IV 1a lndeed weIl Qon~ structed, but in a manner wh+ch"1s, now unfami11ar.Sp'~nser may be the last English poet .tocommand the ~ntrelacement~ • c 1 , .' ' technique -of romance narrative, ln whlch independent!plotsdo ." in fâct ll1uminate and modify e&ch other by the1r'poeltlon in the sequence, of a work.Each adve'nture, vi8~on, and ,
Source: eScholarship@McGill (McGill)
DOI: 10.82308/10519
Author: Fallon, Stephen M.
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3145176311