Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on References, Texts, and Quotations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE: ON SPENSER
6. 1. Other Poets 21
7. 2. Toward Fairy Land 51
8. 3. In Ireland 92
9. 4. A Survey of The Faerie Queene 129
10. PART TWO: ON ALLEGORY
11. 5. Allegory in The Faerie Queene 149
12. 6. For a General Theory of Allegory 170
13. 7. Death in an Allegory 199
14. 8. Positioning Spenser’s Letter to Raleigh 213
15. 9. Allegory and Renaissance Critical Theory 228
16. 10. A Field Theory of Allegory 241
17. PART THREE: ON THINKING
18. 11. From Moment to Moment 265
19. 12. Thinking Moments in The Faerie Queene 285
20. 13. Courtesy and Thinking 310
21. 14. The Thinking of History in Spenserian Romance 327
22. PART FOUR: ON CHANGE
23. 15. Colonial Allegories in Paris 345
24. 16. Courtesy and the Graces 368
25. 17. Night Thoughts on Mutability 398
26. 18. Mutability Ascendant 415
27. Afterword: The Colossi of Memnon 435
28. Notes 451
29. Acknowledgments 511
30. Credits 515
31. Index 517