Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Part I: Space and Materiality in the Realm of Allegorical Romance
8. 1. Accounting for the Material in Spenser’s Allegory 1
9. 2. Space, Place, and Location: Inside and Outside the Poem 22
10. Part II: Architectural Space and the Status of the Object in The Faerie Queene
11. 3. Galleries: Space, Mythography, and the Object 47
12. 4. Royal Chambers: Space and Presence 73
13. Part III: Beleaguered Spaces
14. 5. ‘Goodly Workemanship’: Fortifications and the Body 97
15. 6. Defended Spaces, Fast Spaces, Proper Spaces 128
16. 7. The Stones of Kilcolman: Spenserian Biography, the Ruin, and the Material Fragment 149
17. Part IV: The Physical and Allegorized Landscape
18. 8. Deforestation and the Spenserian Wood 167
19. 9. The Houses of the Poor 195
20. Conclusion 220
21. Bibliography 223
22. Index 247