A Supplement of the Faery Queene: By Ralph Knevet

Hardback

Main Details

Title A Supplement of the Faery Queene: By Ralph Knevet
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Christopher Burlinson
Edited by Andrew Zurcher
SeriesThe Manchester Spenser
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 276,Width 219
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780719082597
ClassificationsDewey:821.4
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 June 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ralph Knevet's Supplement of the Faery Queene (1635) is a narrative and allegorical work, which weaves together a complex collection of tales and episodes, featuring knights, ladies, sorcerers, monsters, vertiginous fortresses and deadly battles - a chivalric romp in Spenser's cod medieval style. The poem shadows recent English history, and the major military and political events of the Thirty Years War. But the Supplement is also an ambitiously intertextual poem, weaving together materials from mythic, literary, historical, scientific, theological, and many other kinds of written sources. Its encyclopaedic ambitions combine with Knevet's historical focus to produce an allegorical epic poem of considerable interest and power. This new edition of Knevet's Supplement, the first scholarly text of the poem ever published, situates it in its literary, historical, biographical, and intellectual contexts. An extensive introduction and copious critical commentary, positioned at the back of the book, will enable students and scholars alike to access Knevet's complicated and enigmatic meanings, structures, and allusions. -- .

Author Biography

Christopher Burlinson is a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge Andrew Zurcher is a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge -- .