Another approach is genre (unless you think it’s way too old fashioned): pastoral (SC and CCCHA), Petrarchan (Am and Epith and maybe four hymns), and then “allegorical epic romance,” with however much of FQ you want to do. I agree that 1,2,3, and 6 works—does epic then circles back to Petrarchan/romance and pastoral. These days all that may be too much, but it has the virtue of following Sp’s own avowed Virgilian pattern.

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On May 29, 2019, at 6:39 PM, Elisabeth Chaghafi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I can't teach Spenser at my university, but if I could teach a course on FQ, I think I'd probably start with Andrew Zurcher's Reading Guide. It does a great job of introducing key ideas in very little space, using extracts from the poem, and it's genuinely a guide rather than a ready-made interpretation. And after that move on to the whole thing.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:52 PM Judith Owens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Fellow Spenserians--for the first time ever, I am getting to teach an entire course (undergraduate, one-term long) on THE FAERIE QUEENE. To my abiding regret, i was not able to attend Spenser at K'zoo this year and so missed the panel devoted to teaching the FQ. I would love to hear from any or all of you about what has worked for you in your teaching!

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