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andrew zurcher wrote: > A 'plain text' edition should not be taken as a licence for indolence, > but rather an invitation to discovery. This is a good point, too. But, if I may say so, we already have at least four edition that can be used this way: 1) Two, maybe three online FQs: complete but no annotation 2) Norton Critical Edition: selections with, I think, just the right amount of annotation for beginners 3) Oxford Authors one-volume Spenser (ed. Smith, intro by De Selincourt): tiny type with no annotations, but complete with excellent glossary; this is the one I take with me on trips 4) Penguin FQ and Shorter Poems: complete in two volumes, ample margins for scribbling things you will be embarrassed by two years later, notes at the back where you don't have to be overwhelmed by them unless you go looking for trouble. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [log in to unmask] English Department Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c East Carolina University Sparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet -----------------------------------------------------------------------